- Tony Gunawan
Infobox Badminton player
playername = Tony Gunawan
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date_of_birth = birth date and age|1975|4|9
place_of_birth =Surabaya ,Indonesia
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event = Men's doubles
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country = INA
USA
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bwf_id = 3181Tony Gunawan (吴俊明)(born
April 9 ,1975 ) is an Indonesian professional doublesbadminton player.Career
He is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for
Indonesia , and now represents theUnited States . At the age of 33, he is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players of all time. His versatility in doubles is unmatched, having won the 2000 Olympics gold medal, the 2001 World Championships, and 2005 World Championships with 3 different partners.He recently won the Men's Doubles gold medal in the
2005 IBF World Championships with his partnerHoward Bach . Gunawan partnered withHalim Haryanto to win the2001 IBF World Championships as well as the 2001All-England Open , and withCandra Wijaya to win the 2000 Olympics inSydney .Gunawan and Bach won the
2005 IBF World Championships Men's Doubles gold over Gunawan's ex-partner Wijaya andSigit Budiarto who were also finalist in the2003 IBF World Championships in the same event. Tony played for Indonesia from 1992- 2001 and is the winner of numerous titles including two World Championship titles and an Olympic Gold in Men's Doubles. He has coached and played for USA since 2001. Tony is currently studying in Orange County,California and coaches atThe Orange County Badminton Club .Achievements
Men's Doubles Titles (35)
Mixed Doubles Titles (5)
References
;General
*cite web
date =2005-09-02
url = http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=e2220997cf387b079d5341d865c36e5c
title = Birdie Boys
publisher = AsianWeek
accessdate = 2006-05-10
*cite web
date =2005-08-22
url = http://www.usolympicteam.com/11753_37973.htm
title = Gunawan, Bach talk about their world title
publisher = U.S. Olympic Team
accessdate = 2006-05-11
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GUNAWTON01 Tony Gunawan] at databaseolympics.com
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2000/medal_tracker/current/athletes/22979.html Tony Gunawan] at cnnsi.comExternal links
* [http://tonygunawan.net Tony Gunawan - Official Site]
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