Taty Sumirah

Taty Sumirah (9 February 1952 – 13 February 2020) was a female badminton player of Indonesia.

Taty Sumirah
Personal information
Birth name	Taty Sumirah
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1952-02-09)9 February 1952 Jakarta, Indonesia
Died	13 February 2020(2020-02-13) (aged 68)
Medal record Representing  Indonesia Women's badminton World Championships 1980 Jakarta Women's singles Uber Cup 1975 Jakarta Women's team 1981 Tokyo Women's team Asian Games 1974 Tehran Women's team Asian Championships 1971 Jakarta Women's singles

Career

Sumirah was runner-up to England's Margaret Beck at the World Invitation Tournament, a forerunner of the IBF World Championships, held in Jakarta in 1974.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's singles. Sumirah was a member of several Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) teams, helping the 1975 team to win the world championship.[2]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

• 1980 IBF World Championships at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia

1980 IBF World Championships – Women's Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	Sue Daly	11–6, 11–7	Win
Second round	Ami Ghia	11–4, 11–6	Win
Third round	Kirsten Larsen	12–10, 11–3	Win
Quarterfinal	Wendy Carter	11–7, 11–9	Win
Semifinal	Verawaty Wiharjo	4–11, 11–8, 3–11	Bronze

Open Tournaments

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Singapore Open	Intan	8–11, 11–12	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Singapore Open	Poppy Tumengkol	Intan Regina Masli	4–15, 15–10, 10–15	Runner-up

References

1. "World Invitation Tournament is Huge Success," World Badminton, October 1974, 2, 3.
2. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 134, 135.