Hendra Setiawan

Hendra Setiawan (born 25 August 1984) is an Indonesian badminton player.

He is an Olympic Games gold medalist, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time All England champion.

With these achievements, Setiawan has collected all major individual titles in badminton.

He is considered to be one of the greatest players in badminton history.

Setiawan was ranked first in the men's doubles with two different partners.

They were unable to defend their title after being defeated by the 2000 Olympic champions, Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya in the final.

Bouncing back from the loss, they later won their first title of the year in the Hong Kong Open.

Setiawan began his international journey at the 2001 Asian Junior Championships, where he won the bronze medals in the boys' team and mixed doubles events.

He then claimed the boys' team gold medal in the 2002 Asian Junior Championships, where the Indonesian team beat South Korea in the final.

In the individual event, Setiawan was defeated in the semi-finals and won the bronze medals in the boys' doubles with Riyadi, and also in the mixed doubles with Devi Sukma Wijaya.

He played at the 2002 World Junior Championships held in Pretoria, South Africa, and the Indonesia team won the bronze medal after beating Thailand 3–1 in the bronze medal play-off.

At the age of seventeen, Setiawan partnered with Joko Riyadi to reach the finals of the 2002 Singapore Satellite, and the duo finished runner-up to Donny Prasetyo and Denny Setiawan.

In 2003, Setiawan made his debut with Markis Kido at the Asian Championships, finishing as runner-up, thus winning a silver medal.

He then won his first gold medal with the Indonesian team at the 2003 SEA Games in Vietnam.

Setiawan reached his first IBF Grand Prix finals in the 2004 Denmark Open, but he and Kido were defeated by the home pairing of Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in straight games.

Teamed-up with Kido, he won the men's doubles titles at the 2005 and 2009 Asian Championships; the 2006 World Cup; the 2007 World Championships; the 2008 Olympic Games; and the 2010 Asian Games.

In 2005, Setiawan and Kido were qualified to compete in the top tournaments, as they had accumulated enough ranking points to do so.

They won their first Grand Prix title in the Indonesia Open, beating their senior compatriots Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya in the final.

The duo also crowned as Asian Champion after winning the 2005 Asian Badminton Championships held in India.

In November–December, Setiawan took part in his second SEA Games, and won a gold medal in the men's doubles with Kido and a silver in the men's team event.

Setiawan made his first appearance in the Thomas Cup in 2006.

The Indonesian men's team eventually finished 3rd, losing to China in the semi-finals 0–3.

At the 2006 Indonesia Open, ranked 14th in the world, Setiawan and Kido advanced to the final of the 2006 Indonesia Open after beating Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea in the semi-finals.

At the 2006 World Championships, Setiawan and Kido lost in the quarter-finals to England's Robert Blair and Anthony Clark.

This was their second loss to Blair and Clark, where earlier in the year they were also beaten in the second round of the All England Open.

In October, Setiawan and Kido, then ranked 9th in the world, won the China Open by beating reigning World champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in the final in straight games.

Setiawan and Kido then claimed the 2006 World Cup, beating the Malaysian pairing of Lin Woon Fui and Fairuzizuan Tazari in the final.

He competed in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, but lost in the semi-finals of both the men's doubles with Kido and in the men's team, settling for bronze medals in both events.

Together with Markis Kido, he achieved the world no. 1 in September 2007, and with Mohammad Ahsan in November 2013.

He has collected six gold medals at the SEA Games with the acquisition of 3 in the men's doubles, and 3 in the team event.

Beginning without winning any tournaments in early 2007, in August, Setiawan and Kido won the World Championships title in August, defeating Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae in the final, 21–19, 21–19 in straight games.

Prior to the World Championships, their best achievement in the first half of 2007 was being the runner-up at the China Masters.

Setiawan had also played in the mixed doubles discipline, and his best result was in 2010 Indonesia Open, finishing as runner-ups with his partner Anastasia Russkikh from Russia.

He made a new strong partnership with Mohammad Ahsan at the end of 2012.

They had won numerous prestigious titles including the 2013, 2015 and 2019 World Championships; the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games, winning the All England twice, and winning three times at the BWF Superseries Finals.

Setiawan holds the record as the oldest player who won the World Championships title, at the age of 35.

Hendra Setiawan was born in Pemalang, Central Java to Ferry Yugianto and Kartika Christyaningrum.

He is the youngest of three siblings.

Setiawan became interested in badminton when he saw his father playing the sport, and he took up the sport at the age of seven, training at the Sinar Mutiara Tegal club.

After graduating from middle school, Setiawan decided to move to Jakarta, train in the Jaya Raya club, and continue his education at the Ragunan Sports School.