Iie Sumirat

Iie Sumirat (born 15 November 1950 in Bandung, West Java) is a former badminton player from Indonesia.

Iie Sumirat
Personal information
Country Indonesia
Born (1950-11-15) November 15, 1950
Bandung, West Java
HandednessRight
EventMen's singles

Career

Sumirat was one of Indonesia's leading singles players during the 1970s, when it dominated men's international competition while China was still absent from IBF sanctioned play. As fellow countryman Rudy Hartono was winning his eighth All-England Championship in March 1976, the hard smashing Sumirat was winning the Asian Invitation Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, edging aging Chinese badminton legend Hou Jiachang in the final.[1] In the first IBF World Championships in 1977 Sumirat reached the semifinal round but was defeated by the eventual winner Flemming Delfs.[2] Sumirat played on the world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1976 and 1979, splitting duty at second singles behind Hartono in '76, and playing second singles behind Liem Swie King on a '79 team which shut out its semifinal and final round opponents.[3]

Sumirat coached after his high level playing career ended. He helped Taufik Hidayat, in particular, learn his deceptive net play.

Achievements

IBF World Championships

Men's Singles

1977 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
Round Opponent Score Result
First round John Czich 15–12, 15–3 Win
Second round Piet Ridder 15–3, 15–2 Win
Third round Mike Tredgett 15–9, 15–1 Win
Quarterfinal Prakash Padukone 15–6, 10–15, 15–11 Win
Semifinal Flemming Delfs 1–15, 17–18 Bronze

World Cup

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Liem Swie King 8–15, 8–15 Silver

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1978 Bangkok, Thailand Han Jian 5-15, 1-15 Bronze

Open Tournaments

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1972 Singapore Open Tan Aik Mong 15–5, 15–11 Champion
1972 Jakarta Open Rudy Hartono 4–15, 5–15 Runner-up
1973 Singapore Open Tjun Tjun 15–3, 15–14 Champion
1976 Asian Invitation Championships Hou Jiachang 12–15, 15–8, 18–15 Champion
1980 Chinese Taipei Open Flemming Delfs 7–15, 15–8, 16–18 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1970 Singapore Open Nara Sudjana Indratno
Indra Gunawan
10–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1974 Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Tjun Tjun
Johan Wahjudi
Runner-up

References

  1. "1st Asian Invitation," Badminton USA, May 1976, 13
  2. "Badminton's First World Championships," World Badminton, July–August 1977, 2, 3.
  3. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 126, 128.


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