Verawaty Fadjrin

Verawaty Fadjrin (née Wiharjo; 1 October 1957 – 21 November 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player who won international titles spanning from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Tall and powerful, at one time or another she played each of the three variations of the sport (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) at the highest world level.[1]

Verawaty Fadjrin
Personal information
Birth nameVerawaty Wiharjo
CountryIndonesia
Born(1957-10-01)1 October 1957
Jakarta, Indonesia
Died21 November 2021(2021-11-21) (aged 64)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
World Championships
1980 Jakarta Women's singles
1980 Jakarta Women's doubles
1989 Jakarta Mixed doubles
World Cup
1986 Jakarta Mixed doubles
1979 Tokyo Women's doubles
1980 Kyoto Women's doubles
1982 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles
1979 Tokyo Women's singles
1986 Jakarta Women's doubles
1987 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
1988 Bangkok Women's doubles
1989 Guangzhou Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
1989 Jakarta Mixed team
Uber Cup
1978 Auckland Women's team
1981 Tokyo Women's team
1986 Jakarta Women's team
1988 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
1990 Nagoya–Tokyo Women's team
Asian Games
1978 Bangkok Women's doubles
1978 Bangkok Women's team
1990 Beijing Mixed doubles
1990 Beijing Women's team
1986 Seoul Women's team
1990 Beijing Women's doubles
Southeast Asian Games
1977 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
1979 Jakarta Women's doubles
1979 Jakarta Women's team
1981 Manila Women's singles
1981 Manila Women's doubles
1981 Manila Women's team
1985 Bangkok Women's team
1987 Jakarta Women's doubles
1987 Jakarta Mixed doubles
1987 Jakarta Women's team
1989 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
1989 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
1977 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles
1979 Jakarta Women's singles
1985 Bangkok Women's doubles
1989 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
1977 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
BWF profile
Political partyGerindra
Spouse(s)
Fadjrin Biduin Aham
(m. 1979)

Career

During a relatively brief period as a regular singles competitor, Fadjrin won the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta over fellow countrywoman Ivana Lie.[2] She had been runner-up to Denmark's Lene Køppen at the All England Open Championships that year.[3] She won the Southeast Asian Games title in 1981 and the Indonesia Open in 1982. Most of her early titles in women's doubles were in partnership with Imelda Wiguno. Together, they won the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1979), the Canadian Open (1979), the All England (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1981). They were runners-up at the World Championships in 1980,[4] and Fadjrin was runner-up at the 1982 All England with another fellow countrywoman Ruth Damayanti.[5]

Following a hiatus in her international badminton career from 1983 to 1985, Fadjrin enjoyed impressive success in her late twenties and early thirties. She shared the women's doubles title at the Indonesia Open in 1986 and 1988, and finished second with Ivana Lie at the World Grand Prix Finals in 1986. Her greatest success late in her career, however, came in mixed doubles, which she had rarely played earlier. She won the 1986 and 1988 Malaysia Opens with Bobby Ertanto and Eddy Hartono respectively. In 1989, Fadjrin and Hartono won the World Grand Prix Finals, and the Dutch and Indonesia Opens together. They also reached the final round of the 1989 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, but could not overcome South Korea's Chung Myung-hee and the formidable Park Joo-bong.

Fadjrin led Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) teams that finished second to Japan in 1978 and 1981, and to China in 1986. Of the seven matches won and the fourteen matches lost by Indonesia, collectively, in the final rounds of these three competitions, she was involved in six of the wins and only three of the losses. She also helped Indonesia win the Sudirman Cup (combined men's and women's team championship) over South Korea in 1989, her final year of international play.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1980 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Ivana Lie 11–1, 11–3 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Imelda Wiguno Nora Perry
Jane Webster
12–15, 3–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1989 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Eddy Hartono Park Joo-bong
Chung Myung-hee
9–15, 9–15 Silver

World Cup

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Lene Køppen 11–12, 11–3, 7–11 Bronze
1982 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Lene Køppen 2–11, 10–12 Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Imelda Wiguno Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
3–15, 7–15 Silver
1980 Kyoto, Japan Imelda Wiguno Atsuko Tokuda
Yoshiko Yonekura
12–15, 14–17 Silver
1986 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Ivanna Lie Rosiana Tendean
Imelda Wiguno
3–15, 14–15 Bronze
1987 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Rosiana Tendean Han Aiping
Li Lingwei
15–3, 10–15, 12–15 Bronze
1988 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand Yanti Kusmiati Chung So-young
Kim Yun-ja
15–9, 8–15, 5–15 Bronze
1989 Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Yanti Kusmiati Chung So-young
Hwang Hye-young
11-15, 6-15 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1986 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Eddy Hartono Steen Fladberg
Gillian Clark
15–8, 17–15 Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1978 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand Imelda Wiguno Qiu Yufang
Zheng Huiming
Gold
1990 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Lili Tampi Guan Weizhen
Nong Qunhua
8–15, 4–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1990 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Eddy Hartono Park Joo-bong
Chung Myung-hee
7–15, 15–7, 3–15 Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1977 Selangor Badminton Association Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sylvia Ng 11–4, 4–11, 6–11 Silver
1979 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Ivanna Lie 8–11, 11–8, 9–12 Silver
1981 Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines Ivanna Lie 6–11, 11–4, 11–7 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1977 Selangor Badminton Association Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Imelda Wiguno Porntip Buntanon
Thongkam Kingmanee
Bronze
1979 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Imelda Wiguno Ruth Damayanti
Theresia Widiastuti
15–4, 15–2 Gold
1981 Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines Ruth Damayanti Theresia Widiastuti
Imelda Wiguno
15–13, 15–4 Gold
1985 Chulalongkorn University Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Elizabeth Latief Rosiana Tendean
Imelda Wiguno
2–15, 4–15 Silver
1987 Kuningan Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia Rosiana Tendean Yanti Kusmiati
Erma Sulistianingsih
17–14, 15–17, 15–10 Gold
1989 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yanti Kusmiati Erma Sulistianingsih
Rosiana Tendean
6–15, 6–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1987 Kuningan Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia Eddy Hartono Richard Mainaky
Yanti Kusmiati
15–9, 17–14 Gold
1989 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Eddy Hartono Aryono Miranat
Minarti Timur
Gold

International Tournaments

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1979 Canada Open Fumiko Tookairin 11–5, 7–11, 9–12 Runner-up
1980 All England Open Lene Køppen 2–11, 6–11 Runner-up
1982 Indonesia Open Sumiko Kitada 11–8, 12–10 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1978 Denmark Open Imelda Wiguno Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
15–8, 8–15, 15–4 Winner
1979 All England Open Imelda Wiguno Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda
15–3, 10–15, 15–5 Winner
1979 Canada Open Imelda Wiguno Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda
7–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner
1982 Japan Open Ruth Damayanti Nora Perry
Jane Webster
15–3, 7–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1982 Chinese Taipei Open Ruth Damayanti Nora Perry
Jane Webster
8–15, 17–18 Runner-up
1982 All England Open Ruth Damayanti Lin Ying
Wu Dixi
8–15, 5–15 Runner-up
1985 Malaysia Open Dwi Elmiyati Gillian Clark
Gillian Gowers
10–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1986 Chinese Taipei Open Ivanna Lie Sumiko Kitada
Harumi Kohara
15–11, 15–8 Winner
1986 China Open Ivanna Lie Kim Yun-ja
Yoo Sang-hee
15–8, 15–10 Winner
1986 Malaysia Open Ivanna Lie Lin Ying
Wu Jianqiu
4–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1986 Indonesia Open Ivanna Lie Rosiana Tendean
Imelda Wiguno
17–15, 15–2 Winner
1986 World Grand Prix Finals Ivanna Lie Chung Myung-hee
Hwang Hye-young
10–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1987 Indonesia Open Susi Susanti Ivana Lie
Rosiana Tendean
4–15, 16–17 Runner-up
1988 Indonesia Open Yanti Kusmiati Chung Myung-hee
Hwang Hye-young
15–6, 6–15, 15–8 Winner
1989 Indonesia Open Yanti Kusmiati Erma Sulistianingsih
Rosiana Tendean
7–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1990 French Open Ivana Lie Chung Myung-hee
Hwang Hye-young
2–15, 1–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 Canada Open Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata
Imelda Wiguno
6–15, 1–15 Runner-up
1986 Malaysia Open Bobby Ertanto Steen Fladberg
Gillian Gilks
15–7, 18–15 Winner
1988 Malaysia Open Eddy Hartono Wang Pengren
Shi Fangjing
15–9, 15–7 Winner
1988 Indonesia Open Bobby Ertanto Eddy Hartono
Erma Sulistianingsih
9–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1989 Dutch Open Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan
Rosiana Tendean
15–5, 15–5 Winner
1989 Indonesia Open Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan
Rosiana Tendean
15–7, 15–2 Winner
1989 World Grand Prix Finals Eddy Hartono Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
12–15, 15–7, 15–6 Winner
  IBF Grand Prix tournament
  IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

Invitational Tournament

Women's singles

Year Tournament Venue Opponent Score Result
1976 Asian Invitational Championships Bangkok, Thailand Liang Qiuxia 11–8, 0–11, 5–11 Silver

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1988 Asian Invitational Championships Bandar Lampung, Indonesia Yanti Kusmiati Chung Myung-hee
Hwang Hye-young
18–16, 18–14 Gold

References

  1. "Verawaty Fajrin, Juara Dunia Badminton Putri Pertama Dari Indonesia". Kompas. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. Ron Willis, "The Eclipse of Lene," Badminton, August 1980, 22, 23.
  3. Peter Jessup, "Again, it's Lene," Badminton, May 1980, 24, 33.
  4. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 110.
  5. Pat Davis, "All Change at Wembley," World Badminton. June 1982, 12, 13.

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