Liem Swie King

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Liem Swie King (born February 28, 1956) was an Indonesian badminton player who excelled from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s while competing in singles and some doubles events. Given the burden of being the expected successor of his iconic fellow countryman Rudy Hartono, Liem did not achieve Hartono's level of dominance, but along with Morten Frost Hansen (Denmark), Han Jian (China), and Prakash Padukone (India), he was one of the world's leading singles players of that era. Liem, whose given name "Swie King" means "a person of intellectual brilliance", [http://140.111.34.46/cgi-bin/dict/GetContent.cgi?Database=dict&DocNum=126835&GraphicWord=yes&QueryString=%A4%F4%C3%E8] was best known for his aggressive play and the ferocity of his smash.

Liem won the prestigious All-England Men Singles Championships in 1978, 1979 and 1981. He was runner-up at the then triennial World Championships in both 1980 and 1983. He was a member of the Thomas Cup winning Indonesian team in 1976, 1979, and 1984. He eventually retired from badminton in 1988, and makes a good living operating a health spa in Jakarta.

Liem was inducted into the International Badminton Federation Badminton Hall of Fame in 2002. [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/awards-halloffame.asp Awards - Hall of fame] , InternationalBadminton.org]

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