Alan Budikusuma

Alan Budikusuma
Personal information
Birth name	Alexander Alan Budikusuma Wiratama
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1968-03-29) March 29, 1968 Surabaya, Indonesia
Height
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's badminton 1992 Barcelona Singles Representing Indonesia Men's badminton World Championships 1991 Copenhagen Men's Singles Asian Games 1990 Beijing Men's Team 1990 Beijing Men's Singles Badminton World Cup 1993 New Delhi Men's Singles Thomas Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Team 1994 Jakarta Team 1996 Hong Kong Team Sudirman Cup 1995 Lausanne Team

Alan Budikusuma (born March 29, 1968 as Goei Djien Phang; Chinese: 魏仁芳) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who excelled at the world level from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

In 1991 he was runner-up to China's Zhao Jianhua at the IBF World Championships in Copenhagen. He won the 1992 Olympic men's singles gold medal at Barcelona, defeating fellow countryman Ardy Wiranata in the final. This achievement, together with a gold medal for his then fiance Susi Susanti, was historical for Indonesia winning the first Olympic golden medals in 50 years history of the country. Some estimated a crowd of at least 500,000; others estimated more than a million Indonesians were lining the streets of the massive, sprawling city of Jakarta when Susi Susanti and Alan Budikusuma came home in August 1992 and received a two-hour parade. They stood in an open car with leis and Olympic gold medals around their necks and inched toward the national monument in Merdeka square, on Sudirman, the main street, they could hardly move; it was jammed with people all shouting congratulations to the new badminton hero's.

Among his titles, all in singles, are the Thailand Open (1989, 1991), China Open (1991), German Open (1992), Indonesian Open (1993), World Cup (1993), and Malaysian Open(1995). Budikusuma was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams in 1994 and 1996.

Personal life

He is married to Susi Susanti (王蓮香), a women's badminton Olympic gold medalist (also in 1992) and one of the most accomplished women's players in the history of the sport. Together they have three children Lourencia Averina, born 1999, Albertus Edward, born in 2000 and Sebastianus Frederick, born in 2003. Alan and Susi have a badminton club in Jakarta Udara. Alan Budi has a younger brother named Yohan Hadikusuma who is also a badminton player but representing Hong Kong.

In 2004, Alan and Susi established ASTEC (Alan and Susy Technology), a sport equipment corporation, to support their family. They use materials from Japan for the rackets and produced them in China. This brand has been growing up lately and marketed in most area in Indonesia.

References

http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/alan-budikusuma-1.html