Imelda Wiguna Explained

Imelda Wiguna
Birth Name:Mustika Imelda Wiguna Kurniawan
Birth Date:12 October 1951
Country:Indonesia

Imelda Wiguna (also known as Imelda Wigoena,, born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.

Career

A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships.[1] The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Verawaty but winning the mixed doubles with Christian.[2] Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese Mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult. Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1978), the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1985); and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1981, 1985).

Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986. She helped her nation to capture its first world title (over Japan) in 1975,[3] and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.

Achievements

World Games

Mixed doubles

World Championships

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

World Cup

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1979Tokyo, Japan Verawaty Wiharjo Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
3–15, 7–15 Silver
1980Kyoto, Japan Verawaty Wiharjo Atsuko Tokuda
Yoshiko Yonekura
12–15, 14–17 Silver
1985Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Rosiana Tendean Lin Ying
Wu Dixi
5–15, 17–14, 10–15 Bronze
1986Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Rosiana Tendean Han Aiping
Li Lingwei
7–15, 7–15 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1974Amjadieh Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran Theresia Widiastuti Minarni
Regina Masli
Bronze
1978Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand Verawaty Wiharjo Qiu Yufang
Zheng Huiming
17–14, 15–4 Gold
1986Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Rosiana Tendean Kim Yun-ja
Yoo Sang-hee
12–15, 13–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles

SEA Games

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1979Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Christian Hadinata Hariamanto Kartono
Tjan So Gwan
18–16, 15–2 Gold
1985Chulalongkorn University Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Christian Hadinata Chafidz Yusuf
Rosiana Tendean
15–9,15–5 Gold

International tournaments

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1975All England Theresia Widiastuti Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka
15–12, 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1975Denmark Open Theresia Widiastuti Lene Køppen
Inge Borgstrøm
3–15, 15–3, 15–10 Winner
1978Denmark Open Verawaty Wiharjo Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
15–8, 8–15, 15–4 Winner
1979All England Verawaty Wiharjo Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
15–3, 10–15, 15–5 Winner
1979Canadian Open Verawaty Wiharjo Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda
7–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner
1985Thailand Open Rosiana Tendean Guan Weizhen
Wu Jianqiu
1–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1986Indonesia Open Rosiana Tendean Ivana Lie
Verawaty Fadjrin
15–17, 2–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1979All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–1, 18–17 Winner
1979Canadian Open Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
Verawaty Wiharjo
15–6, 15–1 Winner
1980All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
13–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1981All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–10, 14–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1981Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
2–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1984Denmark Open Billy Gilliland Dipak Tailor
Nora Perry
ret Runner-up

Notes and References

  1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 95, 108.
  2. Davis, 110.
  3. Davis 134, 135.