Imelda Wiguno

Imelda Wiguna (also known as Imelda Wigoena, Chinese: 黃祖金, born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.

Imelda Wiguna
Personal information
Birth name	Mustika Imelda Wiguna Kurniawan
Country	Indonesia
Born	12 October 1951 Slawi, Indonesia
Medal record Badminton Representing  Indonesia World Games 1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles World Championships 1980 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1980 Jakarta Women's doubles World Cup 1979 Tokyo Women's doubles 1986 Bandung-Jakarta Women's doubles 1984 Jakarta Mixed doubles Uber Cup 1975 Jakarta Women's team 1978 Auckland Women's team 1981 Tokyo Women's team 1986 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 1978 Bangkok Women's doubles 1974 Tehran Women's team 1978 Bangkok Women's team 1974 Tehran Women's doubles 1978 Bangkok Mixed doubles 1986 Seoul Women's doubles 1986 Seoul Women's team

Career

A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships.[1] The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Verawaty but winning the mixed doubles with Christian.[2] Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese Mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult. Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1978), the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1985); and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1981, 1985).

Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986. She helped her nation to capture its first world title (over Japan) in 1975,[3] and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.

Achievements

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1975	All England	Theresia Widiastuti	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	15–12, 12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1975	Denmark Open	Theresia Widiastuti	Lene Køppen Inge Borgstrøm	3–15, 15–3, 15–10	Champion
1978	Denmark Open	Verawaty Fadjrin	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	15–8, 8–15, 15–4	Champion
1979	All England	Verawaty Fadjrin	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	15–3, 10–15, 15–5	Champion
1979	Badminton World Cup	Verawaty Fadjrin	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	3–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1979	Canadian Open	Verawaty Fadjrin	Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda	7–15, 15–12, 15–7	Champion
1980	BWF World Championships	Verawaty Fadjrin	Nora Perry Jane Webster	15–12, 15–3	Runner-up
1985	Thailand Open	Rosiana Tendean	Guan Weizhen Wu Jianqiu	2–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1986	Indonesia Open	Rosiana Tendean	Ivana Lie Verawaty Fadjrin	15–17, 2–15	Runner-up
1986	Badminton World Cup	Rosiana Tendean	Li Lingwei Han Aiping	7–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Mix's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	All England	Christian Hadinata	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–1, 18–17	Champion
1979	Canadian Open	Christian Hadinata	Ade Chandra Verawaty Wiharjo	15–6, 15–1	Champion
1980	All England	Christian Hadinata	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	13–18, 10–15	Runner-up
1980	BWF World Championships	Christian Hadinata	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–12, 15–4	Champion
1981	All England	Christian Hadinata	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–10, 14–18, 10–15	Runner-up
1981	Denmark Open	Christian Hadinata	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	2–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1984	Denmark Open	Billy Gilliland	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	ret	Runner-up

References

1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 95, 108.
2. Davis, 110.
3. Davis 134, 135.