Apriyani Rahayu

Apriyani Rahayu
Apriyani Rahayu
	Rahayu at the 2020 Indonesia Masters
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	29 April 1998 (age 23); Lawulo, Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	3 (WD with Greysia Polii 20 September 2018); 100 (XD with 21 January 2016)
Current ranking	6 (WD with Greysia Polii 31 August 2021)
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Women's badminton
Representing Indonesia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asia Team Championships
Southeast Asian Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

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]

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]
BWF Awards	2018	Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year	Nominated	^[19]
Forbes	2021	30 Under 30 Indonesia (Sports)	Placed	^[20]
Indonesian Sport Awards	2018	Favorite Women's Double Athlete with Greysia Polii	Won	^[21]
Indonesian Sport Awards	2018	Favorite Women's Team Athlete with 2018 Asian Games women's badminton team	Won	^[21]

Achievements[]

Olympic Games[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Musashino Forest Sports 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, 2 runners-up)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[22] 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.^[23]

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

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[24] 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 consistde of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[25] 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[]

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		Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Indonesia International	Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra	Yantoni Edy Saputra Marsheilla Gischa Islami	21–12, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline[]

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

(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.

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 events	2014	2015	2016
Asian Junior Championships	QF	B	QF
World Junior Championships	S	S	5th

Senior level

Team events	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
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	Q	NH
Sudirman Cup	RR	NH	B	NH	Q

Individual competitions[]

Junior level

Event	2014	2015	2016
Asian Junior Championships	QF (GD) 3R (XD)	3R (GD) B (XD)	3R (GD) B (XD)
World Junior Championships	S (GD)	4R (GD) B (XD)	4R (GD) QF (XD)

Senior level

Event	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Southeast Asian Games	1R	NH	G	NH
Asian Championships	A	QF	1R	NH
Asian Games	NH	B	NH
World Championships	DNQ	B	B	NH
Olympic Games	NH			G	NH

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix					BWF World Tour				Best
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Best
Thailand Masters	NH			2R (WD) 2R (XD)	QF	A			NH	QF ('17)
Swiss Open	A				2R	A		NH	A	2R ('17)
German Open	A						QF	NH		QF ('19)
All England Open	A				2R	1R	QF	1R (WD)	2R	QF ('19)
Malaysia Masters	A		1R (WD)	A			F	SF (WD)		F ('19)
New Zealand Open	A				SF	A		NH		SF ('17)
Australian Open	A						SF	NH		SF ('19)
India Open	A					W	W	NH		W ('18, '19)
Spain Masters	NH					A		W (WD)	A	W ('20)
Malaysia Open	A			1R (WD)	A		2R	NH		2R ('19)
Singapore Open	A		1R (WD)	1R (WD)	A			NH		1R ('15, '16)
Thailand Open	A	NH	2R (WD)	w/d (WD)	W	W	QF	W (WD)	NH	W ('17, '18, '20)
Thailand Open	A	NH	2R (WD)	w/d (WD)	W	W	QF	SF (WD)	NH	W ('17, '18, '20)
Korea Open	A				QF	w/d	2R	NH		QF ('17)
Chinese Taipei Open	A						SF	NH		SF ('19)
China Open	A				1R	SF	QF	NH		SF ('18)
Japan Open	A				2R	SF	QF	NH		SF ('18)
Denmark Open	A				1R	SF	2R	A	Q	SF ('18)
French Open	A				W	SF	2R	NH		W ('17)
Fuzhou China Open	A					QF	1R	NH		QF ('18)
Hong Kong Open	A				F	SF	w/d	NH		F ('17)
Indonesia Masters	1R (WD) Q1 (XD)	2R (WD) 1R (XD)	2R (WD) 1R (XD)	A	NH	F	SF	W (WD) 2R (XD)		W ('20)
Indonesia Open	A			2R (WD)	2R	QF	2R	NH		QF ('18)
Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ					RR	RR	RR (WD)		RR ('18, '19, '20)
Year-end ranking	431 (WD) 1170 (XD)	212 (WD) 387 (XD)	77 (WD) 100 (XD)	58 (WD) 316 (XD)	11	4	8	8 (WD)		3 (WD) 100 (XD)

Record against selected opponents[]

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[26]

Greysia Polii[]

Players	M	W	L	Diff.
Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan	10	4	6	–2
Du Yue & Li Yinhui	7	4	3	+1
Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl	2	1	1	0
Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota	11	3	8	–5
Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara	5	1	4	–3
Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi	12	2	10	–8
Shiho Tanaka & Koharu Yonemoto	4	3	1	+2
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun & Woon Khe Wei	1	0	1	–1
Selena Piek & Cheryl Seinen	1	1	0	+1
Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee	1	0	1	–1
Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong	3	1	2	–1
Lee So-hee & Shin Seung-chan	8	6	2	+4

References[]

^ Hasyim, Irsyan (27 July 2020). "Cerita Apriyani Rahayu: dari Raket Kayu sampai Perjuangan Ayah Cari Dana". Tempo. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Athlete: Apriyani Rahayu". Asian Games 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Players: Apriani Rahayu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
^ "Pemain: Apriani Rahayu". Badminton Association of Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 September 2016.
^ "Rahayu Apriyani". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ Saputra, Ramadani (10 December 2019). "Indonesia slips to 4th rank despite two golds in badminton". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ Widiastuti, Rina (25 August 2019). "Greysia / Apriyani Raih Perunggu di Kejuaraan Dunia Bulu Tangkis". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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^ Rosniawanti Fikry Tahir (3 August 2021). "Cerita Apriyani Rahayu Kecil: Raket Kayu, Berjalan 10 Km Hingga Minta Bantuan". Tempo. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ Muh Ridwan Kadir (1 August 2021). "Masa Kecil Apriyani Rahayu di Konawe, Atlit Bulutangkis Indonesia ke Final Olimpiade Tokyo". Tribun News Sultra (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "The Story Of The Hero Of The Tokyo Olympics, Apriyani Rahayu: Father Made Wooden Rackets To Carve Badminton History". VOI. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Greysia/Apriyani Rebut Medali Emas Olimpiade Tokyo". CNN Indonesia. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Kumar, Prem (10 July 2021). "Road to Tokyo: All About Keeping It Simple". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "Dari Susy Susanti ke Greysia / Apriyani, Ini Daftar Peraih Emas di Olimpiade". Tempo. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Indonesia take shock gold in women's doubles badminton, People's Republic of China claim silver". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ Dewa, W; Kenzu, T (14 August 2021). "Jakarta's sports hall enshrine Greysia-Apriani names". Atara News. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Axelsen, Tai in Battle for Player Awards". Badminton World Federation. 7 December 2017.
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^ "30 Under 30". Forbes Indonesia March 2021 Special Issue
^ "Inilah Daftar Terfavorit Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" (in Indonesian). Detik. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "Apriyani Rahayu's Profile – Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links[]

Apriyani Rahayu at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] Hasyim, Irsyan (27 July 2020). "Cerita Apriyani Rahayu: dari Raket Kayu sampai Perjuangan Ayah Cari Dana". Tempo. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[ag18-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Athlete: Apriyani Rahayu". Asian Games 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[3] "Players: Apriani Rahayu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[4] "Pemain: Apriani Rahayu". Badminton Association of Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[5] "Rahayu Apriyani". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[6] Saputra, Ramadani (10 December 2019). "Indonesia slips to 4th rank despite two golds in badminton". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[7] Widiastuti, Rina (25 August 2019). "Greysia / Apriyani Raih Perunggu di Kejuaraan Dunia Bulu Tangkis". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[8] "Dibekuk Jepang, Greysia/Apriyani Sabet Perunggu Asian Games 2018". Bola (in Indonesian). 26 August 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[9] "Terkabulnya Doa dari Lawulo untuk Apriyani dan Greysia". Kompas (in Indonesian). 2 August 2021.

[10] Rosniawanti Fikry Tahir (3 August 2021). "Cerita Apriyani Rahayu Kecil: Raket Kayu, Berjalan 10 Km Hingga Minta Bantuan". Tempo. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[11] Muh Ridwan Kadir (1 August 2021). "Masa Kecil Apriyani Rahayu di Konawe, Atlit Bulutangkis Indonesia ke Final Olimpiade Tokyo". Tribun News Sultra (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[12] "The Story Of The Hero Of The Tokyo Olympics, Apriyani Rahayu: Father Made Wooden Rackets To Carve Badminton History". VOI. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[13] "Greysia/Apriyani Rebut Medali Emas Olimpiade Tokyo". CNN Indonesia. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[14] Kumar, Prem (10 July 2021). "Road to Tokyo: All About Keeping It Simple". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[15] "Dari Susy Susanti ke Greysia / Apriyani, Ini Daftar Peraih Emas di Olimpiade". Tempo. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[16] "Indonesia take shock gold in women's doubles badminton, People's Republic of China claim silver". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[dewa-17] Dewa, W; Kenzu, T (14 August 2021). "Jakarta's sports hall enshrine Greysia-Apriani names". Atara News. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[18] "Axelsen, Tai in Battle for Player Awards". Badminton World Federation. 7 December 2017.

[19] "Nominees Announced for BWF's Night of Nights". Badminton World Federation. 7 December 2018.

[20] "30 Under 30". Forbes Indonesia March 2021 Special Issue

[21] "Inilah Daftar Terfavorit Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" (in Indonesian). Detik. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[22] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[23] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[24] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[25] "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

[26] "Apriyani Rahayu's Profile – Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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show v t Olympic badminton women's doubles champions
As exhibition sport	1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR) (exhibition)
As official sport	1992: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2000: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) 2004: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen (CHN) 2008: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN) 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 2020: Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu (INA)