Etty Tantri Explained

Etty Tantri
Birth Name:Eti Lesmina Tantra
Birth Date:1975 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Selat Panjang, Kepulauan Meranti, Riau, Indonesia[1]
Height:1.62 m
Weight:54 kg
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Bwf Id:446D8F08-C61A-4BFE-A19F-D3BFC0222205

Eti Lesmina Tantra (; born 14 October 1975), is an Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. She has represented Indonesia and the United States in international tournaments.

Career

Tantri who affiliate with Tangkas club, was selected to join the national team in 1993. She won her first title in 1997 India Open in the women's doubles partnered with Cynthia Tuwankotta. Together with Tuwankotta, she also won the 1997 French Open, becoming the first Indonesians to win a women's doubles title,[2] and at the 1997 Polish Open. Tantri and Tuwankotta were the bronze medalists at the 1997 and 1999 Asian Championships. She claimed the gold medal for the Indonesian women's team and women's doubles (with Tuwankotta) at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games.[1] Tantri competed in 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with Tuwankotta as the eight seeds, but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, defeated by Ge Fei and Gu Jun.[3] Partnered with Minarti Timur, she won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships. In the mixed doubles, she won the 1997 Polish Open with Flandy Limpele, also the 2002 and 2003 U.S Open with Tony Gunawan. She was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Uber Cup, also the silver and bronze medals at the 2001 and 1999 Sudirman Cup.[4]

Personal life

Tantri married Tony Gunawan, a 2000 Olympic Games men's doubles gold medalist, on the 29th of July 2002 at the Monte Carlo Chapel in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Christopher and Leon.[5]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Stadium Negara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cynthia Tuwankotta Liu Lu
Qian Hong
10–15, 9–15 Bronze
1999Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cynthia Tuwankotta Ge Fei
Gu Jun
7–15, 6–15 Bronze
2000Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Minarti Timur Lee Hyo-jung
Yim Kyung-jin
8–15, 13–15 Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Sydney Open Carmelita Peng Xinyong
Zhang Jin
9–15, 15–12, 4–15 Runner-up
1997India Open Cynthia Tuwankotta Choi Ma-ree
Lee Soon-deuk
15–8, 14–17, 15–5 Winner
1997Polish Open Cynthia Tuwankotta Chen Li-chin
Tsai Hui-min
12–15, 15–8, 15–9 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Polish Open Flandy Limpele Imam Tohari
Emma Ermawati
15–7, 15–6 Winner
2002U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Simon Archer
Marina Andrievskaya
7–11, 11–4, 11–6 Winner
2003U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Hwang Ji-man
Lee Eun-woo
15–5, 15–9 Winner

IBF International

Women's doubles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Etty/Cynthia want SEA Games gold in first debut . jawawa.id . . 18 July 1999 . 9 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Hadi . Santoso . Pertama dalam 20 Tahun, Indonesia Raih Gelar Terbanyak di French Open . www.idntimes.com . 30 October 2017 . 9 October 2019 . Indonesian.
  3. Web site: Indonesia are top of the tree . news.bbc.co.uk . 6 September 2000 . 9 October 2019.
  4. Web site: 2000 Uber Cup Semifinal . https://web.archive.org/web/20061214224806/http://tangkis.tripod.com/uber/semi2_00.htm . dead . tangkis.tripod.com . 14 December 2006 . 9 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Hadi . Santoso . Tony Gunawan, orang Indonesia kini bela Amerika di Olimpiade . www.merdeka.com . 28 July 2012 . 9 October 2019 . Indonesian.