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  Birth Name Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti
  Place Of Birth Tasikmalaya , West Java
  Height 161
  Event Women's singles
  Handedness Right


Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti (, West Java on 11 February 1971 ) was an Indonesia n Badminton player. Sometimes her name is also spelled '''Susy Susanti'''.


CAREER

She won the Olympic Gold medal for woman's singles in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games at Atlanta , USA . She retired from badminton in 1997 and married to Alan Budikusuma in 9 February 1997 , who also won a gold medal in 1992 Barcelona Olympics .

Often considered the finest female badminton player Indonesia produced, Susanti dominated the women's singles event in the early 1990s to middle 1990s , winning the All-England in 1990 , 1991 , 1993 and 1994 , the World Badminton Grand Prix from 1990 - 1994 , and the IBF World Championships in 1993 . She also led the Indonesian team to win the Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996 . She become Hall of Fame from International Badminton Federation ( IBF , currently WBF ), May 2004 and received Herbert Scheele Trophy in 2002 . She won at Japan Open three times and winning Grand Prix Series at Bali in 1990 . She also winning various of badminton Grand Prix Series and Badminton World Cup.


LIFE AFTER BADMINTON

She was running a badminton racket company with her husband called Alan Susy Technology ( Astec ) after her retirement. Susy and Alan has 3 children, they are Lourencia Averina (born 1999 ), '''Albertus Edward''' (born 2000 ) and '''Sebastianus Frederick''' (b. 2003 )


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