This is the 3rd player posted. Her name is Susi Susanti. She is well, Indonesia's retired badminton player.
She is really a good player but sadly I wasn't born yet to see how well she play so I have no comment about her skills.
But I am sure she is a very great player. She won 2 medals in the olympics. One was a gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona. It was the first time Indonesia won a gold medal in Badminton women's singles.
"Susy Susanti qualified easily for the final, outscoring her first four opponents 88-22. However, a determined Bang Soo-hyun of Korea won the first game 11-5. Then Susanti took charge, winning the second game 11-5 and the third game 11-3. Two hours later, her fiancé, Allan Budi Kusuma, won the men's badminton title. When Susanti and Kusuma returned to Indonesia, the celebration in their honour included a two-hour parade through the streets of Jakarta that was led by a car carrying a gigantic shuttlecock.
The following year, Susanti faced Bang in the final of the 1993 world championships. Again Bang won the first game, but again Susanti came back to win the next two games. At the next Olympics, in 1996, the two were matched in the semifinals. This time Bang emerged victorious. However Susanti recovered to win the bronze medal match against Korean Kim Ji-hyun 11-4, 11-1. Susanti and Kusuma married in 1997."
This were taken from the international olympics committe website. I really hope that Maria Kristin could try her best and strive to be the world best Singles player.:)
Acknowlegement: www.asiafinest.com
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