Andre Kurniawan Tedjono

Infobox Badminton player
playername = Andre Kurniawan Tedjono


caption =
birth_name =
date_of_birth = birth date and age|1986|12|7
place_of_birth = Magelang
height = height|m=1.76
weight = convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
event = Men's singles
highest_ranking = 38
date_of_highest_ranking = August 16, 2007 [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/histmensingles.asp?rankno=572&cat=m IBF Historical Ranking - MENS SINGLES] ]
current_ranking = 40
date_of_current_ranking = October 11, 2007 [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/mensingles.asp BWF World Ranking - MENS SINGLES] ]
country = INA
coach = Agus Dwi Santoso (Djarum)
handedness = Right
bwf_id = 52738
idol = Taufik Hidayat

Andre Kurniawan Tedjono who was born in Magelang, December 7, 1986 is an Indonesian badminton player with special focus in men's single.

Career

The first of three children, he initially joined Jaya Agung Magelang Club for two years (1995-1996) before he moved to Djarum Badminton Club in 1997 and started shining in the national competition by grabbing the National Championship title for four years in a row (2003-2006).

In 2003 he entered the Indonesian National Badminton Squad PBSI but he was expelled from the national team a year later. In 2005 he was once again invited to rejoin the team, yet in another year he had to leave the squad. And since then he has been living his badminton life Djarum.

He took the world's eyes in 2007 when he entered the quarterfinal of an elite tournament, the Indonesia Super Series. In this tournament he (who was the world's no. 106) had to crawled from the qualification. In the qualification he grabbed his main draw ticket by beating Kennevic Asuncion (ranked 86 at that time), Roman Spitko of Germany (world's no. 60) and his compatriot Bandar Sigit Pamungkas. He shocked the world even more in the main draw by upsetting the world's no. 13 Andrew Smith and no. 10 Kenneth Jonassen to enter the quarter final before he was beaten by seed no. 4 Chen Hong.

A week after the Indonesia Super Series, he showed another great performance in the KLRC New Zealand Open, beating Ng Wei of Hong Kong (world's no. 20), and three top Malaysian performers, Roslin Hashim (world's no. 19), Yeoh Kay Bin (world's no. 23), and Wong Choong Hann (world's no. 35), entitling Andre for the tournament's title.

In the ranking list posted by the Badminton World Federation a week later, May 24, 2007, he rocketed from world's no. 106 to world's no. 47 in just two weeks.

References

External links

* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/playerinfo.asp?playerid=52738 BWF Player Profile]
* [http://www.pbdjarum.com/profil/view/16 PB Djarum Player Profile]
* [http://www.bulutangkis.com/mod.php?mod=publisher&op=viewarticle&artid=2104&PHPSESSID=7bc65f9af5055ef918f96c6 Andre Kurniawan Tedjono: Dibuang Malah Makin Bersinar]