Flandy Limpele

Infobox Badminton player


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place_of_birth = Manado
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event = Men's & Mixed doubles
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Flandy Limpele (born in Manado, Sulawesi Utara, 9 February 1974) is a male badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

Limpele competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Eng Hian. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Limpele and Hian beat Yim Bang-eun and Kim Yong-hyun of Korea 15-1, 15-10. They lost the semifinal to Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon, also of Korea, 15-8, 15-2 but won the bronze medal match against Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark 15-13, 15-7 to finish with the bronze medal. At 2007 SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand in Vongchavalitkul University, Flandy with Vita Marissa won gold medal mix double after defeating Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam from Thailand 21-14, 21-15 at individual event's final.

Participation at Indonesian Team

* 3 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 2005, 2007)

Achievements

At mixed doubles with Vita Marissa

*2007: Winning Singapore Open, Winning Taiwan Open, Semifinal IBF World Championship and Philippines Open, Quarter Final Japan Open.
*2008: Winning Singapore Super Series.

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the SGS Bandung badminton club. The parents name of Limpele is Erik Limpele (father) and Nelcy Oroh (mother). His hobby is football. Normally people called him Flandy.