Sunday, November 10, 2013

Utami Dewi

Utami Dewi

Utami Dewi
Utami Dewi Kinard is a former world-class badminton player who was considered Indonesia's #1 Women's Singles player in the 1970s, and became the United States' #1 player in 1981 after marrying former 6 time U.S. Men's Singles Champion, Chris Kinard. She is also the sister of 8 time All-England Singles Champion, Rudy Hartono.
Utami DewiBorn in Surabaya, Indonesia in 1951, Utami Dewi was the #1 Indonesian Ladies Singles player from 1971 to 1975. She played singles for the Indonesian Uber Cup teams of 1969, 1972, and 1975. The 1975 team was Indonesia's 1st to win the Women's World Team Championship. As Mrs. Utami Kinard she ended her career as the #1 U.S. Women's Singles player in 1981 representing the U.S. as the #1 player on the 1981 U.S. Uber Cup team.
Along with her Indonesian and U.S. titles, Utami Dewi won the Asian Badminton Singles Championship in 1971, the Australian Open Singles Championship in 1975, the Mexican Open Mixed Doubles Championship in 1979, and the South African Singles Championship in 1980.
Munich Olympics - Won
badminton women's singles.
the Silver medal in
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All-England Badminton
semi-finals of the women's singles.
Championship -Reached the
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In 1981, she was in
in the Crowd"
Sports Illustrated's "Faces
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