Apriyani Rahayu

Apriyani Rahayu (born 29 April 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles.[3][4] She and Greysia Polii are the reigning Olympic champions in the women's doubles following their win at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She won gold at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games,[6] and two bronze medals at the World Championships in 2018 and 2019.[7] Rahayu also won bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games in the women's team and doubles with her current partner Greysia Polii.[8]

Apriyani Rahayu
Rahayu at the 2020 Indonesia Masters
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998
Lawulo, Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia[1]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[2]
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking3 (WD with Greysia Polii 20 September 2018)
100 (XD with Panji Akbar Sudrajat 21 January 2016)
Current ranking6 (WD with Greysia Polii 18 January 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Women's doubles
World Championships
2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2019 Nanning Mixed team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Asia Team Championships
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
2019 Philippines Women's doubles
2019 Philippines Women's team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
World Junior Championships
2014 Alor Setar Girls' doubles
2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
2015 Lima Mixed team
2015 Lima Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2015 Bangkok Mixed doubles
2015 Bangkok Mixed team
2016 Bangkok Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Early life

Apriyani Rahayu was born in Lawulo village, a remote settlement in Konawe Regency in Southeast Sulawesi. She is the youngest child of an agricultural worker named Ameruddin Pora and his wife, Sitti Jauhar.[9] As a child Rahayu would fight with neighborhood boys, and her father encouraged her to devote her energy to badminton instead, which she agreed to. According to Rahayu's cousin, her father served as her trainer, with a training regimen including running 10 kilometers to competitions and practicing on a homemade court behind his house lined with areca nut trees. Pora was self-sufficient but poor. Rahayu used a homemade wooden racquet with fishing line for string, until her father was able to sell enough vegetables to buy a real racquet.[10][11] However, Pora himself credits Rahayu's mother as providing her with support and training. Sitti Jauhar was an enthusiastic player of badminton, table tennis and volleyball and encouraged Rahayu to be tough and competitive.[12] In 2007, at the age of 9, she represented Konawe Regency in a regional competition and was scouted. In 2011, at the age of 13, she was recruited to a Jakarta club for international level play. Sitti Jauhar died in 2015 while Apriyani was at a championship in Peru, but she played through after hearing the news, winning two medals.

Career

In 2 August 2021, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she partnered with Greysia Polii in the women's doubles. In the finals they defeated 2017 world champion Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. They became the first unseeded pair to win the gold medal in women's doubles. This was Indonesia's first Olympic gold in women's doubles.[13][14] She and Polii are the third and fourth Indonesian women to win Olympic gold after Susi Susanti in 1992 and Liliyana Natsir in 2016.[15] Rahayu and Polii's win made Indonesia the only country outside of China to have won gold medals in all five disciplines of Badminton at the Summer Olympics.[16] After her Olympic success, the Student Sports Training Center in Jakarta was named after her and Greysia Polii.[17]

Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Result Ref.
BWF Awards 2017 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year Nominated [18]
2018 Nominated [19]
2020/2021 Pair of The Year with Greysia Polii Won [20]
Forbes 2021 30 Under 30 Indonesia (Sports) Placed [21]
Gatra Awards Sports Category with Greysia Polii Won [22]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Women's Double Athlete with Greysia Polii Won [23]
Favorite Women's Team Athlete with 2018 Asian Games women's badminton team Won

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan Greysia Polii Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 21–19, 21–15 Gold

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China		 Greysia Polii Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 12–21, 21–23 Bronze
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland		 Greysia Polii Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 12–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Greysia Polii Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 15–21, 17–21 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines		 Greysia Polii Chayanit Chaladchalam
Phataimas Muenwong		 21–3, 21–18 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia		 Rosyita Eka Putri Sari Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 11–21, 14–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru		 Fachryza Abimanyu He Jiting
Du Yue		 13–21, 10–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand		 Fachryza Abimanyu Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen		 14–21, 14–21 Bronze
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand		 Rinov Rivaldy Kim Won-ho
Lee Yu-rim		 17–21, 20–22 Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[24] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[25]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Greysia Polii Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 India Open Super 500 Greysia Polii Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai		 21–18, 21–15 Winner
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Greysia Polii Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 21–13, 21–10 Winner
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Greysia Polii Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		 21–18, 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019 India Open Super 500 Greysia Polii Chow Mei Kuan
Lee Meng Yean		 21–11, 25–23 Winner
2020 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Greysia Polii Maiken Fruergaard
Sara Thygesen		 18–21, 21–11, 23–21 Winner
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Greysia Polii Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 18–21, 22–20, 21–17 Winner
2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Greysia Polii Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai		 21–15, 21–12 Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Greysia Polii Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[26] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[27] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 French Open Greysia Polii Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan		 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2017 Hong Kong Open Greysia Polii Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 21–14, 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Thailand Open Greysia Polii Chayanit Chaladchalam
Phataimas Muenwong		 21–12, 21–12 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Singapore International Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto Melvira Oklamona
Rika Rositawati		 22–20, 16–21, 21–10 Winner
2016 Indonesia International Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto Dian Fitriani
Nadya Melati		 12–21, 21–18, 22–20 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Indonesia International Panji Akbar Sudrajat Irfan Fadhilah
Weni Anggraini		 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2016 Indonesia International Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra Yantoni Edy Saputra
Marsheilla Gischa Islami		 21–12, 21–12 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Indonesia Junior International Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto Yulfira Barkah
Dianita Saraswati		 21–13, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Indonesia Junior International Rinov Rivaldy Andika Ramadiansyah
Vania Arianti Sukoco		 21–15, 21–15 Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline
Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team
  • Junior level
Team events201420152016
Asian Junior Championships QF B QF
World Junior Championships S S 5th
  • Senior level
Team events20172018201920202021
Southeast Asian Games B NH S NH
Asia Team Championships NH B NH QF NH
Asian Games NH B NH
Uber Cup NH QF NH QF NH
Sudirman Cup RR NH B NH QF

Junior level

Girls' doubles

Event201420152016
Asian Junior Championships QF 3R 3R
World Junior Championships S 4R 4R

Mixed doubles

Event201420152016
Asian Junior Championships 3R B B
World Junior Championships A B QF
Women's doubles
Event201720182019202020212022
Southeast Asian Games 1R NH G NH NH
Asian Championships A QF 1R NH A
Asian Games NH B NH
World Championships DNQ B B NH w/d
Olympic Games NH G NH
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
India Open A W W NH A W ('18, '19)
Spain Masters NH A W A NH W ('20)
German Open A QF NH A QF ('19)
All England Open A 2R 1R QF 1R 2R 2R QF ('19)
Swiss Open A 2R A NH A w/d 2R ('17)
Orléans Masters NA A NH A w/d
Korea Open A QF w/d 2R NH A QF ('17)
Thailand Open A NH 2R w/d W W QF W NH A W ('17, '18, '20)
SF
Indonesia Masters 1R 2R 2R A NH F SF W QF Q W ('20)
Indonesia Open A 2R 2R QF 2R NH F F ('21)
Malaysia Open A 1R A 2R NH 2R ('19)
Malaysia Masters A 1R A F SF NH F ('19)
Singapore Open A 1R 1R A NH 1R ('15, '16)
Chinese Taipei Open A SF NH SF ('19)
Japan Open A 2R SF QF NH SF ('18)
Denmark Open A 1R SF 2R A QF SF ('18)
French Open A W SF 2R NH A W ('17)
Hong Kong Open A F SF w/d NH F ('17)
Australian Open A SF NH SF ('19)
New Zealand Open A SF A NH SF ('17)
China Open A 1R SF QF NH SF ('18)
Fuzhou China Open A QF 1R NH QF ('18)
Superseries /
World Tour Finals		 DNQ RR RR RR SF SF ('21)
Thailand Masters NH 2R QF A NH QF ('17)
Year-end ranking 431 212 77 58 11 4 8 8 6 3
Tournament2013201420152016201720182019202020212022Best
Mixed doubles
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
20132014201520162017201820192020
Thailand Masters NH 2R A 2R ('16)
Indonesia Masters Q1 1R 1R A NH A 2R 2R ('20)
Year-end ranking 1.170 387 100 316 NA NA NA 261 100
Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020Best

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[28]

Greysia Polii
Players M W L Diff.
Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan 1046–2
Du Yue & Li Yinhui 743+1
Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2110
Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota 1138–5
Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara 514–3
Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi 12210–8
Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida 4220
Shiho Tanaka & Koharu Yonemoto 431+2
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun & Woon Khe Wei 101–1
Selena Piek & Cheryl Seinen 110+1
Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee 101–1
Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong 312–1
Lee So-hee & Shin Seung-chan 862+4

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