Candra Wijaya

Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Born	September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16) (age 36) Cirebon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb)
Country	Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
BWF Profile

Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮, born in Cirebon, West Java, 16 September 1975) is a male Chinese Indonesian badminton player.

Career

Olympic medal record
Men's badminton
Gold	2000 Sydney	Doubles

Wijaya is a doubles specialist who, as of 2008, has rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002.

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.^[1]

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parent's names are Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
Summer Olympics
1	Men's doubles	2000	Sydney, AUS
World Championships
1	Men's doubles	1997	Glasgow, SCO
2	Men's doubles	2003	Birmingham, ENG
2	Men's doubles	2005	Anaheim, USA
Asian Championships
1	Men's doubles	1996	Surabaya, INA
2	Men's doubles	2001	Manila, PHI
2	Men's doubles	2004	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
World Grand Prix
1	Men's doubles	1997, 2000, 2001, 2006	Indonesia Open
1	Men's doubles	1997, 1998, 2005	Singapore Open
1	Men's doubles	1997, 1999, 2000	World Grand Prix finals
1	Men's doubles	1999, 2003	All England Open
1	Men's doubles	2001, 2005	Malaysia Open
1	Men's doubles	2005	Swiss Open
1	Men's doubles	2006	Korea Open
1	Men's doubles	2007	Japan Open
2	Men's doubles	1998, 2001	All England Open
2	Men's doubles	2007	Malaysia Open

References

1. ^ Candra Wijaya joins Japanese club, BadZine.info, 24 April 2007

External links

• Candra Wijaya Terpacu Prestasi sang Kakak (In Indonesian)
• Candra Wijaya Teman Curhat yang Asyik (In Indonesian)

Persondata
Name	Wijaya, Candra
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	16 September 1975
Place of birth	Cirebon
Date of death
Place of death