Verawaty Fadjrin

Verawaty Fadjrin (née Wiharjo; born 1 October 1957), is a former badminton player who won international titles spanning from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Tall and powerful, at one time or another she played each of the three variations of the sport (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) at the highest world level.

Verawaty Fadjrin
Personal information
Birth name	Verawaty Wiharjo
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1957-10-01) October 1, 1957 Jakarta
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles, Mixed doubles
Medal record Representing  Indonesia Women's badminton World Championships 1980 Jakarta Women's singles 1980 Jakarta Women's doubles 1989 Jakarta Mixed doubles World Cup 1986 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1979 Tokyo Women's doubles 1982 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles 1979 Tokyo Women's singles 1986 Jakarta Women's doubles 1987 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 1988 Bangkok Women's doubles 1989 Guangzhou Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team Uber Cup 1978 Auckland Women's team 1981 Tokyo Women's team 1986 Jakarta Women's team 1988 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1990 Nagoya-Tokyo Women's team Asian Games 1978 Bangkok Women's doubles 1978 Bangkok Women's team 1990 Beijing Mixed doubles 1990 Beijing Women's team 1986 Seoul Women's team 1990 Beijing Women's doubles Asian Championships 1988 Bandar Lampung Women's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1977 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1979 Jakarta Women's doubles 1979 Jakarta Women's team 1981 Manila Women's singles 1981 Manila Women's doubles 1981 Manila Women's team 1985 Bangkok Women's team 1987 Jakarta Women's doubles 1987 Jakarta Women's team 1989 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 1989 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1977 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles 1979 Jakarta Women's singles 1985 Bangkok Women's doubles 1989 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 1977 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
Political party	Gerindra
Spouse(s)	Fadjrin Biduin Aham ( m. 1979)

Career

During a relatively brief period as a regular singles competitor, Verawaty won the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta over fellow countrywoman Ivana Lie.[1] Verawaty had been runner-up to Denmark's Lene Koppen at the prestigious All-England Championships that year.[2] She won the Southeast Asian Games title in 1981 and the Indonesia Open in 1982. Most of her early titles in women's doubles were in partnership with Imelda Wiguno (Wigoeno). Together, they won the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1979), the Canadian Open (1979), the All England (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1981). They were runners-up at the World Championships in 1980,[3] and Verawaty was runner-up at the 1982 All England with another fellow countrywoman Ruth Damayanti.[4]

Following a hiatus in her international badminton career from 1983 to 1985, Verawaty enjoyed impressive success in her late twenties and early thirties. She shared the women's doubles title at the Indonesia Open in 1986 and 1988, and finished second with Ivana Lie at the World Badminton Grand Prix in 1986. Her greatest success late in her career, however, came in mixed doubles, which she had rarely played earlier. She won the 1986 and 1988 Malaysia Opens with Bobby Ertanto and Eddy Hartono respectively. In 1989 Verawaty and Hartono won the World Badminton Grand Prix, and the Dutch and Indonesia Opens together. They also reached the final round of the 1989 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, but could not overcome South Korea's Chung Myung-hee and the formidable Park Joo-bong.

Verawaty led Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) teams that finished second to Japan in 1978 and 1981, and to China in 1986. Of the seven matches won and the fourteen matches lost by Indonesia, collectively, in the final rounds of these three competitions, Verawaty was involved in six of the wins and only three of the losses. She also helped Indonesia win the Sudirman Cup (combined men's and women's team championship) over South Korea in 1989, her final year of international play.

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	-	-	Bye
Second round	Kong Chai Yee	11–1, 11–2	Win
Third round	Fumiko Tookairin	11–2, 11–0	Win
Quarterfinal	Joke van Beusekom	11–6, 11–1	Win
Semifinal	Taty Sumirah	11–4, 8–11, 11–3	Win
Final	Ivana Lie	11–1, 11–3	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Imelda Wiguna	Nora Perry Jane Webster	12–15, 3–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eddy Hartono	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	9–15, 9–15	Silver

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Tokyo, Japan	Lene Køppen	2–11, 10–12	Bronze
1982	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Lene Køppen	2–11, 10–12	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Tokyo, Japan	Imelda Wiguna	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	3–15, 7–15	Silver
1986	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ivanna Lie	Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguna	3–15, 14–15	Bronze
1987	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Rosiana Tendean	Li Lingwei Han Aiping	15–3, 10–15, 12–15	Bronze
1988	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand	Yanti Kusmiati	Kim Yun-ja Chung So-young		Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eddy Hartono	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	15–8, 17–15	Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand	Imelda Wiguna	Qiu Yufang Zheng Huiming		Gold
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Lili Tampi	Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	8–15, 4–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ivanna Lie	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	10–15, 6–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Singapore	Eddy Hartono	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	12–15, 15–7, 15–6	Gold

Open Tournaments

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score	Result
1982	Indonesia Open	Sumiko Kitada	11–8, 12–10	Winner
1980	All England Open	Lene Koppen	2–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1979	Canada Open	Fumiko Tookairin	11–5, 7–11, 9–12	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent in final	Score	Result
1989	Indonesia Open	Yanti Kusmiati	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1988	Indonesia Open	Yanti Kusmiati	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	15–6, 6–15, 15–8	Winner
1987	Indonesia Open	Susi Susanti	Rosiana Tendean Ivana Lie	4–15, 16–17	Runner-up
1986	Indonesia Open	Ivanna Lie	Rosiana Tendean Imelda Wiguna	17–15, 15–2	Winner
1986	China Open	Ivanna Lie	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1986	Chinese Taipei Open	Ivanna Lie	Sumiko Kitada Harumi Kohhara	15–11, 15–8	Winner
1985	Malaysia Open	Dwi Elmiyati	Gillian Gowers Gillian Clark	10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1982	All England Open	Ruth Damayanti	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	8–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1982	Chinese Taipei Open	Ruth Damayanti	Nora Perry Jane Webster	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1982	Japan Open	Ruth Damayanti	Nora Perry Jane Webster	3–15, 15–7, 15–12	Runner-up
1979	Canada Open	Imelda Wiguna	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	7–15, 15–12, 15–7	Winner
1979	All England Open	Imelda Wiguna	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	15–3, 10–15, 15–5	Winner
1978	Denmark Open	Imelda Wiguna	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	15–8, 8–15, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent in final	Score	Result
1989	Indonesia Open	Eddy Hartono	Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean	15–7, 15–2	Winner
1989	Dutch Open	Eddy Hartono	Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1988	Indonesia Open	Bobby Ertanto	Eddy Hartono Erma Sulistianingsih	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1988	Malaysia Open	Eddy Hartono	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1986	Badminton World Cup	Eddy Hartono	Steen Fladberg Gillian Gilks	15–8, 17–15	Winner
1986	Malaysia Open	Bobby Ertanto	Steen Fladberg Gillian Gilks	15–7, 18–15	Winner
1979	Canadian Open	Ade Chandra	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguno	6–15, 1–15	Runner-up

References

1. Ron Willis, "The Eclipse of Lene," Badminton, August 1980, 22, 23.
2. Peter Jessup, "Again, it's Lene," Badminton, May 1980, 24, 33.
3. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 110.
4. Pat Davis, "All Change at Wembley," World Badminton. June 1982, 12, 13.

Sources

• Smash - Verawaty Fadjrin