George Rimarcdi Explained

George Rimarcdi
Birth Date:1975 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Country:Indonesia
Sweden
Event:Men's singles
Bwf Id:97B16AFA-B69F-4432-9145-0A44C2848072

George Rimarcdi (born 1 March 1975) is an Indonesian-born Swedish retired badminton player. He represented Indonesia at the 1992 World Junior Championships, clinched a silver medal in the boys' singles event,[1] and in 1997 he won a men's singles title at the Indonesia National Championships.[2] He moved to Sweden since 1999, competed in the national event for Uppsala team.[3] Rimarcdi won five Swedish National Championships titles, four in the singles, and once in the doubles events.[4] After ending his career in Sweden, he returned to Indonesia and started a career as a coach in Exist club.[5] He is currently a men's single coach for Indonesian national pratama (junior) team.[6]

Personal life

Rimarcdi was born in Bandung, to parents Risyan and Vera Paraida. At first, his father named him Rimarcdi because he was born in March, but later his mother added George as his first name, referred to American famous and great people who have the name George, like George W. Bush. He began to play badminton at aged ten, joined pusdiklat BM–77 in 1984, pusdiklat SGS under coach Iie Sumirat and Edy Ismanto in 1988, and then in Hadtex. After graduating from senior high school in 1994, his talent scouted by Indonesia national team.[7]

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1995French Open Tomas Johansson10–15, 15–9, 15–4 Winner
1995Hamburg Cup Marleve Mainaky9–15, 15–7, 15–12 Winner
2000Denmark Open Peter Gade11–15, 12–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1997Indonesia International Agus Hariyanto15–17, 15–14, 15–8 Winner
2002Norwegian International Kasperi Salo12–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2003Finnish International Kasperi Salo3–7 retired Runner-up
2003Bitburger International Dicky Palyama2–15, 4–15 Runner-up
2006Hungarian International Kasper Ipsen21–18, 10–21, 21–17 Winner

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 乔治·里玛兹迪 George Rimarcdi . Badmintoncn.com . 4 April 2019 . Chinese.
  2. News: Indonesian Championships: Rimarcdi wins crown over a tired Arbi . New Shuttlenws . 4 April 2019.
  3. News: Sara pallade för pressen i badminton-SM . . 7 February 2006 . 4 April 2019 . Swedish.
  4. Web site: Svenska mästerskap senior . . 4 April 2019 . Swedish . 7 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191007162853/http://www.badminton.nu/Forbundet/Statistik/Seniorer/SvenskaMasterskapsenior . dead .
  5. News: PB Exist yang Semakin Eksis . . 1 November 2018 . 4 April 2019 . Indonesian.
  6. News: Daftar Pelatih Pelatnas Cipayung PBSI 2023: Irwansyah Naik Pangkat . CNN Indonesia . 2023-01-10 . id . 2023-01-30.
  7. News: George Dari Pelatnas Ke Pelatnas . Kompas . 4 November 1997 . 16 . 18 July 2020 . Indonesian.