Kowi Chandra

Kowi Chandra (Chinese: 張國衛) (born 7 March 1986 in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia[1]) is a former Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles, now representing the United States.

Kowi Chandra
Personal information
Country United States
Born (1986-03-07) March 7, 1986
Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Height5'7
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
HandednessRight
CoachChristian Hadinata (National Team), Denny Kantono (Djarum Club)
EventMen's doubles
BWF profile

Career

Kowi Chandra was rank no. 1 in the country in 2003, and he was a former Indonesia National team, which is rated among the best in the world. He move to the United States to continue his badminton career in 2006. He won the U.S. National Badminton Championships in 2008, has excelled at Wilson MIT Boston Badminton Open in both the Men's Doubles event and the Mixed Doubles event, especially in the latter category in which he has been Champion for an unprecedented three (3) consecutive years (2007, 2008, and 2009). In the thirteen years that the tournament has been taking place, no other doubles team has managed this feat. was ranked number #1 in the United States for mixed doubles in 2009.

In 2010, Chandra was the head coach at from Bay Badminton Club (BBC), one of the largest badminton clubs in Bay Area. He marked a record in 2011 when ten of his players who enrolled in his training at Bay Badminton in Milpitas were qualified to compete in the Pan American Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. During the same year. In 2012 he was awarded as High-Performer Certified Coach by USA Badminton Organization. Later in 2012, he made his way back to compete in few tournaments. He attained first position for Men's Doubles with the former World Champion, Halim Haryanto in U.S. National Badminton Championships 2012, as well as the third position for mixed doubles while pairing with one of his students, Lisa Chang.

Chandra was the recipient of 2013 USAB Development Coach of The Year. Chandra is a member of Coaching Advisory Group, leading critical role for the development of badminton in the US. In 2015, Chandra led Team USA for the World University Games and Pan American Junior Championships. During Pan Am Junior Championships, the team won the 1st place title (Gold Medal). Later this year, Chandra will also lead for the BWF World Junior Championships.

Achievements

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreTitle
2012US Adult National Championship Halim Haryanto Ho Howard Bach
Phillip Chew
21-17, 21-19 Gold
2012Wilson MIT Boston Open Charmaine Reid Halim Haryanto Ho
Bo Rong
15-21, 12-21 Bronze
2011US Adult National Championship Halim Haryanto Ho Tony Gunawan
Howard Bach
9-21, 13-21 Silver
2011Dave Freeman Open Agusriadi Wijaya Kyle Jordan Emerick
Sarun Vivatpatanakul
17-21, 20-22 Silver
2011Dave Freeman Open Yeetheng Lim Hock Lai Lee
Pricilla Lun
23-25, 15-21 Bronze
2011Bay Badminton Championships Arnold Setiadi Taufik Hidayat
Halim Haryanto Ho
18-21, 13-21 Silver
2010Wilson MIT Boston Open Paula O'Banana Holvy De Pauw
Yun Peng
14-21, 16-21 Silver
2009Wilson MIT Boston Open Daniel Gouw Sameera Gunatileka
Vincent Nguy
21-17, 20-22, 24-26 Silver
2009Wilson MIT Boston Open Go Mona Santoso Halim Haryanto Ho
Yun Peng
21-19, 21-17 Gold
2009US Adult National Championship Daniel Gouw Howard Bach
Bob Malaythong
22-20, 19-21, 13-21 Silver
2009US Adult National Championship Mona Santoso Howard Bach
Eva Lee
19-21, 18-21 Silver
2009Bay Badminton Championships Daniel Gouw Tony Gunawan
Howard Bach
17-21, 13 -21 Silver
2009Bay Badminton Championships Mona Santoso Halim Haryanto Ho
Yun Peng
10-21, 18-21 Bronze
2008X Miami Pan Am Intl Challenge Daniel Gouw Jose Antonio Crespo
Guilherme Pardo
19-21, 21-13, 20-14 Gold
2008Wilson MIT Boston Open Mona Santoso
N/A
N/A Gold
2008Wilson MIT Boston Open Daniel Gouw Howard Bach
Bob Malaythong
N/A Silver
2008US Adult National Championship Mona Santoso Daniel Gouw
Rulan Yeh
21-6, 21-10 Gold
2008US Adult National Championship Daniel Gouw Howard Bach
Bob Malaythong
15-21, 13-21 Silver
2007Wilson MIT Boston Open Mona Santoso Halim Haryanto Ho
Angie De Pauw
21-16, 21-17 Gold

References

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