Flandy Limpele Explained

Flandy Limpele
Birth Name:	Flandy Limpele
Birth Date:	9 February 1974
Birth Place:	Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Weight:	74kg (163lb)
Event:	Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:	1
Country:	Indonesia (1995–2001, 2003–present) England (2001–2003)
Coach:	Richard Mainaky Christian Hadinata Herry Iman Pierngadi
Handedness:	Left
Bwf Id:	07808B14-1E31-4482-880A-D600ED3E24BE
Medals-Expand:	yes

Flandy Limpele (born 9 February 1974) is an Indonesian former badminton player and coach. He competed in four Summer Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008.^[1]

Career

Player

A doubles specialist, at various times Limpele has focused on either men's doubles or mixed doubles during his long career in international badminton. His earliest appearances in the final rounds of major events came in mixed doubles in the mid-1990s. However, he first broke through internationally in men's doubles at the 1999 Korea Open with Eng Hian. His subsequent men's doubles titles, most of them with Hian, have included the Denmark (2000), Singapore (2002, 2006), Japan (2002), Bitburger (2002), and German (2003) Opens, and the Copenhagen Masters (2000, 2004). Hian and Limpele briefly represented England from 2001 until 2003.^[2] They later returned to represent Indonesia for 2004 Summer Olympics.^[3] Flandy and Eng were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2002, and bronze medalists at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

After 2004 Limpele gravitated back to mixed doubles. In 2006 he teamed with Vita Marissa to win a number of top tier events including the Singapore, Japan, French, and Chinese Taipei Opens, as well as the Southeast Asian Games title. They were bronze medalists at the 2007 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, and won the Badminton Asia Championships together in 2008.

Not an especially powerful hitter, Limpele's strengths have been his racket-work, tactical astuteness, and anticipation.

Coaching

Flandy appointed as Malaysian men's doubles coach in 2020, replacing Paulus Firman.^[4]

Participation at Indonesian Team

5 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007)
1 time at Thomas Cup (2004)

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the SGS Bandung badminton club. His parents are Erik Limpele (father) and Nelcy Oroh (mother). His hobby is football. Normally people called him Flandy.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

World Cup

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Rosalina Riseu	Liu Yong Ge Fei	15–12, 7–15, 2–15	Bronze
1996	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Rosalina Riseu	Sandiarto Minarti Timur	14–17, 7–15	Silver
1995	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Rosalina Riseu	Kim Dong-moon Kim Shin-young	15–9, 9–15, 14–17	Bronze

World Senior Championships

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Eng Hian	Candra Wijaya Halim Haryanto	7–15, 11–15	Bronze
2003	Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eng Hian	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	13–15, 15–11, 7–15	Bronze
1998	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Eng Hian	Zhang Wei Zhang Jun	15–17, 15–9, 12–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Vita Marissa	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–17, 21–17	Gold
1996	Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia	Rosalina Riseu	Kang Kyung-jin Kim Mee-hyang	15–2, 7–15, 10–15	Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Korea Open	Vita Marissa	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–15, 14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	French Open	Vita Marissa	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2007	Singapore Open	Vita Marissa	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–14, 21–13	Winner

Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Thomas Laybourn Lars Paaske	21–8, 21–16	Winner
2005	Swiss Open	Eng Hian	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	15–8, 11–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Eng Hian	Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon	4–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2003	German Open	Eng Hian	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	9–15, 15–8, 15–4	Winner
2003	Japan Open	Eng Hian	Cheng Rui Chen Qiqiu	15–5, 15–12	Winner
2003	Swiss Open	Eng Hian	Cheng Rui Chen Qiqiu	10–15, 15–5, 15–1	Winner
2002	All England Open	Eng Hian	Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon	2–7, 2–7, 7–1, 3–7	Runner-up
2002	Indonesia Open	Eng Hian	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2002	Singapore Open	Eng Hian	Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon	15–8, 11–15, 17–14	Winner
2000	Malaysia Open	Eng Hian	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–9, 15–9	Winner
2000	Denmark Open	Eng Hian	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	15–13, 15–10	Winner
2000	Indonesia Open	Eng Hian	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	17–14, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	Malaysia Open	Eng Hian	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1999	Korea Open	Eng Hian	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1998	Denmark Open	Eng Hian	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	11–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1998	Indonesia Open	Eng Hian	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	5–15, 4–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Vietnam Open	Cheng Wen-hsing	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	25–23, 21–19	Winner
2009	India Open	Vita Marissa	V. Diju Jwala Gutta	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Vita Marissa	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 25–23	Winner
2006	Japan Open	Vita Marissa	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	11–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner
2006	Dutch Open	Vita Marissa	Robert Blair Jenny Wallwork	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
1997	Swiss Open	Minarti Timur	Liu Yong Ge Fei	9–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1997	Polish Open	Eti Tantra	Imam Tohari Emma Ermawati	15–7, 15–6	Winner
1996	Thailand Open	Rosalina Riseu	Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1996	Indonesia Open	Rosalina Riseu	Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur	8–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1995	Denmark Open	Rosalina Riseu	Chen Xingdong Peng Xinyong	15–3, 10–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1995	Indonesia Open	Rosalina Riseu	Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1994	Dutch Open	Dede Hasanah	Chris Hunt Gillian Gowers	5–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1994	Indonesia Open	Dede Hasanah	Jiang Xin Zhang Jin	3–15, 11–15	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	White Nights	Anastasia Russkikh	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–14, 25–23	Winner
1994	Polish International	Dede Hasanah	Vitaliy Shmakov Svetlana Szumska	15–3, 15–3	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series & Asian Satellite tournament

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

Senior level

width=180	Team Events !	1999	2007
bgcolor=ECF2FF style="width: 240px;align=left"	Southeast Asian Games	Gold	Gold

width=180	Team Events !	2004
bgcolor=ECF2FF style="width: 240px;align=left"	Thomas Cup	Bronze

width=180	Team Events !	1997	2005	2007
bgcolor=ECF2FF style="width: 240px;align=left"	Sudirman Cup	Bronze	Silver	Silver

Individual competitions

Senior level

width=180	Event !	1999	2007
bgcolor=FFAAAA style="width: 240px;align=left"	Southeast Asian Games	Silver (MD)	Gold (XD)

width=180	Tournament !						Best
BWF Super Series
align=left	All England Open	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R2 (XD)	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R1 (XD)	bgcolor=Bronze	SF (XD)	A		bgcolor=Silver	F (2002)
Swiss Open		bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R1 (XD)	A	style=color:#ccc	GPG	bgcolor=Gold	W (2003)
align=left	Malaysia Open	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R1 (XD)	A	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R1 (MD)	bgcolor=silver	F (1999, 2000)
align=left	Singapore Open	bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)		A			bgcolor=Gold	W (2002, 2006, 2007)
align=left	Indonesia Open	bgcolor=afeeee	R1 (XD)	bgcolor=Bronze	SF (XD)	bgcolor=afeeee	R1 (XD)	bgcolor=afeeee	R1 (XD)	A	bgcolor=silver	F (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
align=left	Korea Open		bgcolor=Silver	F (XD)	bgcolor=afeeee	R1 (XD)	bgcolor=Bronze	SF (XD)	bgcolor=afeeee	R2 (MD)	bgcolor=Gold	W (1999)
align=left	Japan Open	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	bgcolor=afeeee	R2 (MD)	bgcolor=afeeee	R1 (XD)	A	bgcolor=Gold	W (2003, 2006)
align=left	Denmark Open	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	A		bgcolor=afeeee	R1 (MD)	A	bgcolor=Gold	W (2000)
align=left	French Open	bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R1 (XD)	A	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (MD)	A	bgcolor=Gold	W (2007)
align=left	BWF Superseries Finals		bgcolor=AFEEEE	GS (XD)	NQ			bgcolor=AFEEEE	GS (2008)

width=180	Tournament !	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006						Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
align=left	All England Open								bgcolor=Bronze	SF (MD)	bgcolor=Silver	F (MD)	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (MD) R2 (XD)	bgcolor=Bronze	SF (MD)	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (MD)	A	SS					bgcolor=Silver	F (2002)
align=left	Chinese Taipei Open										bgcolor=silver	F (MD)				bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)			A		bgcolor=Gold	W (2007)
align=left	Denmark Open		bgcolor=silver	F (XD)			bgcolor=silver	F (MD)	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (MD)	bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)	bgcolor=Bronze	SF (MD)				A	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (XD)	SS					bgcolor=Gold	W (2000)
align=left	Dutch Open	bgcolor=silver	F (XD)		A										bgcolor=silver	F (XD)			A			bgcolor=silver	F (1994, 2006)
align=left	German Open		bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)				A		bgcolor=Bronze	QF (MD) SF (XD)	A	bgcolor=AFEEEE	R1 (MD)	bgcolor=Gold	W (2003)
align=left	India Open	A														bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)	A	style=color:#ccc	SS	bgcolor=Gold	W (2009)
align=left	Indonesia Open	bgcolor=silver	R2 (MD) F (XD)	bgcolor=silver	F (XD)	bgcolor=silver	F (XD)		bgcolor=silver	F (MD)	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF (MD)	bgcolor=silver	F (MD)		bgcolor=silver	F (MD)		bgcolor=Bronze	SF (MD)		bgcolor=afeeee	R2 (MD)	SS				bgcolor=silver	F (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
align=left	Japan Open										bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)			bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)	SS					bgcolor=Gold	W (2003, 2006)
align=left	Korea Open						bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)								SS					bgcolor=Gold	W (1999)
align=left	Malaysia Open						bgcolor=silver	F (MD)	bgcolor=silver	F (MD)							SS					bgcolor=silver	F (1999, 2000)
align=left	Polish Open	bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)			bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)															bgcolor=Gold	W (1994, 1997)
align=left	Singapore Open									bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)				bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)	SS					bgcolor=Gold	W (2002, 2006)
Swiss Open				bgcolor=silver	F (XD)						bgcolor=Gold	W (MD)		bgcolor=silver	F (MD)		SS				A	bgcolor=Gold	W (2003)
align=left	Thailand Open			bgcolor=silver	F (XD)																bgcolor=silver	F (1996)
align=left	Vietnam Open			bgcolor=Gold	W (XD)			bgcolor=Gold	W (2009)
width=180	Tournament !	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006						Best

External links

Flandy Limpele's story, career and achievements (Indonesian)

Notes and References

Web site: Flandy Limpele. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030101/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/flandy-limpele-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports Reference. 18 September 2017.
Web site: Eng Hian Hijrah ke Singapura Di Kontrak Dua Tahun. bulutangkis.com. 10 August 2017. id.
Web site: Flandi/Eng Hian Janjikan Emas. suaramerdeka.com. 10 August 2017. id. 3 July 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040207091320/http://www.suaramerdeka.com/harian/0307/03/ora15.htm. 7 February 2004.
Web site: Flandy ketua jurulatih beregu lelaki baharu. Berita Harian. Helmi. Talkah. 17 May 2020. 29 July 2021. ms.