Imelda Wiguno

Imelda Wiguna (also known as Imelda Wigoena, Chinese: 黃祖金, born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.

Imelda Wiguna
Personal information
Birth nameMustika Imelda Wiguna Kurniawan
Country Indonesia
Born (1951-10-12) 12 October 1951
Slawi, Indonesia

Career

A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships.[1] The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Verawaty but winning the mixed doubles with Christian.[2] Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese Mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult. Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1978), the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1985); and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1981, 1985).

Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986. She helped her nation to capture its first world title (over Japan) in 1975,[3] and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.

Achievements

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1975 All England Theresia Widiastuti Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka
15–12, 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1975 Denmark Open Theresia Widiastuti Lene Køppen
Inge Borgstrøm
3–15, 15–3, 15–10 Champion
1978 Denmark Open Verawaty Fadjrin Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
15–8, 8–15, 15–4 Champion
1979 All England Verawaty Fadjrin Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
15–3, 10–15, 15–5 Champion
1979 Badminton World Cup Verawaty Fadjrin Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
3–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1979 Canadian Open Verawaty Fadjrin Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda
7–15, 15–12, 15–7 Champion
1980 BWF World Championships Verawaty Fadjrin Nora Perry
Jane Webster
15–12, 15–3 Runner-up
1985 Thailand Open Rosiana Tendean Guan Weizhen
Wu Jianqiu
2–15, 0–15 Runner-up
1986 Indonesia Open Rosiana Tendean Ivana Lie
Verawaty Fadjrin
15–17, 2–15 Runner-up
1986 Badminton World Cup Rosiana Tendean Li Lingwei
Han Aiping
7–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Mix's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–1, 18–17 Champion
1979 Canadian Open Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
Verawaty Wiharjo
15–6, 15–1 Champion
1980 All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
13–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1980 BWF World Championships Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–12, 15–4 Champion
1981 All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–10, 14–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1981 Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
2–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1984 Denmark Open Billy Gilliland Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
ret Runner-up

References

  1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 95, 108.
  2. Davis, 110.
  3. Davis 134, 135.
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