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Kowi Chandra

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Kowi Chandra
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (1986-03-07) March 7, 1986 (age 38)
Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Height5'7
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
HandednessRight
CoachChristian Hadinata (National Team), Denny Kantono (Djarum Club)
EventMen's doubles
BWF profile

Kowi Chandra (Chinese: 張國衛, born 7 March 1986 in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia[1]) is a former Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles, now representing the United States.

Career

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Kowi Chandra was ranked no. 1 in the country in 2003, and he was a former Indonesia National team, which is rated among the best in the world. He move to the United States to continue his badminton career in 2006. He won the U.S. National Badminton Championships in 2008, has excelled at Wilson MIT Boston Badminton Open in both the Men's Doubles event and the Mixed Doubles event, especially in the latter category in which he has been Champion for an unprecedented three (3) consecutive years (2007, 2008, and 2009). In the thirteen years that the tournament has been taking place, no other doubles team has managed this feat. was ranked number #1 in the United States for mixed doubles in 2009.

In 2010, Chandra was the head coach at from Bay Badminton Club (BBC), one of the largest badminton clubs in the Bay Area. He marked a record in 2011 when ten of his players who enrolled in his training at Bay Badminton in Milpitas were qualified to compete in the Pan American Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. During the same year. In 2012 he was awarded as High-Performer Certified Coach by USA Badminton Organization. Later in 2012, he made his way back to compete in a few tournaments. He attained the first position for Men's Doubles with the former World Champion, Halim Haryanto in U.S. National Badminton Championships 2012, as well as the third position for mixed doubles while pairing with one of his students, Lisa Chang.

Chandra was the recipient of the 2013 USAB Development Coach of The Year. Chandra is a member of the Coaching Advisory Group, leading a critical role in the development of badminton in the US. In 2015, Chandra led Team USA for the World University Games and Pan American Junior Championships. During Pan Am Junior Championships, the team won the 1st place title (Gold Medal). Later this year, Chandra will also lead for the BWF World Junior Championships.

Achievements

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Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Title
2012 US Adult National Championship United States Halim Haryanto Ho United States Howard Bach
United States Phillip Chew
21-17, 21-19 Gold Gold
2012 Wilson MIT Boston Open Canada Charmaine Reid United States Halim Haryanto Ho
China Bo Rong
15-21, 12-21 Bronze Bronze
2011 US Adult National Championship United States Halim Haryanto Ho United States Tony Gunawan
United States Howard Bach
9-21, 13-21 Silver Silver
2011 Dave Freeman Open United States Agusriadi Wijaya United States Kyle Jordan Emerick
Thailand Sarun Vivatpatanakul
17-21, 20-22 Silver Silver
2011 Dave Freeman Open Malaysia Yeetheng Lim Malaysia Hock Lai Lee
United States Pricilla Lun
23-25, 15-21 Bronze Bronze
2011 Bay Badminton Championships United States Arnold Setiadi Indonesia Taufik Hidayat
United States Halim Haryanto Ho
18-21, 13-21 Silver Silver
2010 Wilson MIT Boston Open United States Paula O'Banana United States Holvy De Pauw
China Yun Peng
14-21, 16-21 Silver Silver
2009 Wilson MIT Boston Open United States Daniel Gouw United States Sameera Gunatileka
United States Vincent Nguy
21-17, 20-22, 24-26 Silver Silver
2009 Wilson MIT Boston Open Indonesia Go Mona Santoso United States Halim Haryanto Ho
China Yun Peng
21-19, 21-17 Gold Gold
2009 US Adult National Championship United States Daniel Gouw United States Howard Bach
United States Bob Malaythong
22-20, 19-21, 13-21 Silver Silver
2009 US Adult National Championship Indonesia Mona Santoso United States Howard Bach
United States Eva Lee
19-21, 18-21 Silver Silver
2009 Bay Badminton Championships United States Daniel Gouw United States Tony Gunawan
United States Howard Bach
17-21, 13 -21 Silver Silver
2009 Bay Badminton Championships Indonesia Mona Santoso United States Halim Haryanto Ho
China Yun Peng
10-21, 18-21 Bronze Bronze
2008 X Miami Pan Am Intl Challenge United States Daniel Gouw Spain Jose Antonio Crespo
Brazil Guilherme Pardo
19-21, 21-13, 20-14 Gold Gold
2008 Wilson MIT Boston Open Indonesia Mona Santoso India
India N/A
N/A Gold Gold
2008 Wilson MIT Boston Open United States Daniel Gouw United States Howard Bach
United States Bob Malaythong
N/A Silver Silver
2008 US Adult National Championship Indonesia Mona Santoso United States Daniel Gouw
United States Rulan Yeh
21-6, 21-10 Gold Gold
2008 US Adult National Championship United States Daniel Gouw United States Howard Bach
United States Bob Malaythong
15-21, 13-21 Silver Silver
2007 Wilson MIT Boston Open Indonesia Mona Santoso United States Halim Haryanto Ho
United States Angie De Pauw
21-16, 21-17 Gold Gold

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