Taty Sumirah

Taty Sumirah (9 February 1952 – 13 February 2020) was a female badminton player of Indonesia.

Taty Sumirah
Personal information
Birth nameTaty Sumirah
Country Indonesia
Born(1952-02-09)9 February 1952
Jakarta, Indonesia
Died13 February 2020(2020-02-13) (aged 68)

Career

Sumirah was runner-up to England's Margaret Beck at the World Invitation Tournament, a forerunner of the IBF World Championships, held in Jakarta in 1974.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's singles. Sumirah was a member of several Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) teams, helping the 1975 team to win the world championship.[2]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

1980 IBF World Championships – Women's Singles
Round Opponent Score Result
First round Sue Daly 11–6, 11–7 Win
Second round Ami Ghia 11–4, 11–6 Win
Third round Kirsten Larsen 12–10, 11–3 Win
Quarterfinal Wendy Carter 11–7, 11–9 Win
Semifinal Verawaty Wiharjo 4–11, 11–8, 3–11 Bronze

Open Tournaments

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1972 Singapore Open Intan 8–11, 11–12 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1972 Singapore Open Poppy Tumengkol Intan
Regina Masli
4–15, 15–10, 10–15 Runner-up

References

  1. "World Invitation Tournament is Huge Success," World Badminton, October 1974, 2, 3.
  2. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 134, 135.


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