Candra Wijaya is a male Chinese Indonesian

Chinese Indonesian

Chinese Indonesians, also called the Indonesian Chinese, are an overseas Chinese group whose ancestors emigrated from China to Indonesia, formerly a colony of the Netherlands known as the Dutch East Indies...

 badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player.

Career

Wijaya is a doubles specialist who, as of 2008, has rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships

BWF World Championships

The BWF World Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation to crown the best badminton players in the world....

 three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto

Sigit Budiarto

Sigit Budiarto is a male badminton player from Indonesia noted for his reflexes and deft handling of the racket. A men's doubles specialist, he won numerous international titles between 1995 and 2005, most of them in partnership with Candra Wijaya. He was a member of Indonesia's world champion...

. They won the 1997 edition

1997 IBF World Championships

The 10th IBF World Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997.-Medalists:-Seeds:# Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen# Heryanto Arbi# Ardy Wiranata# Sun Jun# Park Sung-woo# Peter Rasmussen# Alan Budikusuma...

 in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003

2003 IBF World Championships

The 13th IBF World Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.This edition also...

 and 2005

2005 IBF World Championships

The 2005 IBF World Championships was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005.2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles over China's Lin Dan, while Peter Gade of Denmark and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei received bronze...

. With Tony Gunawan

Tony Gunawan

Tony Gunawan is an Indonesian born badminton player of Chinese descent.-Career:Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and now represents the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players badminton's history...

 he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics

Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

 in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia

Indonesia national badminton team

The Indonesia national badminton team represents Indonesia in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia, PBSI , the governing body for badminton in Indonesia...

 Thomas Cup

Thomas Cup

The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...

 (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002.

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parent's names are Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 6 times at Sudirman Cup
  Sudirman Cup
  Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. There are five matches in every round: men and women's singles, men and women's doubles and mixed doubles. The Cup is named after Dick Sudirman, a former Indonesian badminton player and the founder of the...
  
   (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup
  Thomas Cup
  The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...
  
   (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
Summer Olympics Badminton at the Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 5 Olympiads. 50 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 19 appearing all 5 times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation.-History:...
1	Men's doubles	2000 Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....	Sydney, AUS
World Championships
1	Men's doubles	1997 1997 IBF World Championships The 10th IBF World Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997.-Medalists:-Seeds:# Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen# Heryanto Arbi# Ardy Wiranata# Sun Jun# Park Sung-woo# Peter Rasmussen# Alan Budikusuma...	Glasgow, SCO
2	Men's doubles	2003 2003 IBF World Championships The 13th IBF World Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.This edition also...	Birmingham, ENG
2	Men's doubles	2005 2005 IBF World Championships The 2005 IBF World Championships was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005.2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles over China's Lin Dan, while Peter Gade of Denmark and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei received bronze...	Anaheim, USA
Asian Championships Badminton Asia Championships The Badminton Asia Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best badminton players in Asia....
1	Men's doubles	1996	Surabaya, INA
2	Men's doubles	2001 2001 Asian Badminton Championships The 2001 Asian Badminton Championships was the 21st edition of the Asian Badminton Championships. It was held in Manila, Philippines from August 21 to August 26, 2001.-Medalists:-External links:* ...	Manila, PHI
2	Men's doubles	2004 2004 Asian Badminton Championships The 2004 Asian Badminton Championships was the 24th edition of the Asian Badminton Championships. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 20 to April 25, 2004.-Medalists:-External links:* ...	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
World Grand Prix
1	Men's doubles	1997 1997 Indonesia Open (badminton) The 1997 Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Surakarta, from July 16 to July 20, 1997. It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$200,000.-Final results:-External links:*... , 2000 2000 Indonesia Open (badminton) The 2000 Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Jakarta, from July 19 to July 23, 2000. It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$150,000.-Final results:-External links:*... , 2001 2001 Indonesia Open (badminton) The 2001 Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Jakarta, from July 25 to July 29, 2001. It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$170,000.-Final results:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:... , 2006 2006 Indonesia Open (badminton) The 2006 Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Jakarta, from May 31 to June 4, 2006. It was a six-star tournament and the prize money was USD$250,000.-Final results:-Men's singles:-External links:*...	Indonesia Open Indonesia Open (badminton) The Indonesia Open in an annual badminton tournament organized by Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia and held in Indonesia since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Premier Super Series status in 2011....
1	Men's doubles	1997, 1998, 2005 2005 Singapore Open The 2005 Singapore Open in badminton was held in Singapore, from June 27 to July 3, 2005.-Prize money distributions:Below is the prize money distributions for each round . In doubles it is referred as the prize money per pair:-Men's singles:...	Singapore Open Singapore Open (badminton) The Singapore Open is an badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1990, and which is now part of the BWF Super Series tournament that began 2007....
1	Men's doubles	1997, 1999, 2000 2000 World Badminton Grand Prix The 2000 World Badminton Grand Prix was the XVIII edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. The tournament had originally been planned to take place in 2000, but was rescheduled for 2001. Finally, it was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, from August 8 to August 12, 2001.The prize money...	World Grand Prix finals World Badminton Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last...
1	Men's doubles	1999 1999 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1999 All England Open was the 89th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 9 to March 14, 1999, in Birmingham, England.It was a four-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:... , 2003 2003 All England Open Badminton Championships The 2003 All England Open was the 93rd edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from February 11 to February 16, 2003, in Birmingham, England.It was a four star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:...	All England Open All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
1	Men's doubles	2001, 2005	Malaysia Open Malaysia Open (badminton) The Malaysia Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament has been held since 1937 and has been played in different locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, Kuantan....
1	Men's doubles	2005	Swiss Open Swiss Open (badminton) The Swiss Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Switzerland since 1955 and become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007. 2011 the tournament was dropped down to a Grand Prix Gold event.-Previous winners:-Performances by nation:...
1	Men's doubles	2006	Korea Open Korea Open (badminton) The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament is also known as Korea Open Super Series because it become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007....
1	Men's doubles	2007	Japan Open Japan Open (badminton) The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
2	Men's doubles	1998 1998 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1998 All England Open was the 88th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 9 to March 14, 1998, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$200,000.-Final results:... , 2001 2001 All England Open Badminton Championships The 2001 All England Open was the 91st edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 7 March to 11 March 2001, in Birmingham, England.It was a four star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:...	All England Open
2	Men's doubles	2007 2007 Malaysia Super Series -Seeds:# Zhang Ning# Xie Xingfang# Xu Huaiwen# Wang Chen# Lu Lan# Zhu Lin# Pi Hongyan# Yao Jie-Results:-Seeds:# Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun# Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen# Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae# Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah...	Malaysia Open

External links

• Candra Wijaya Terpacu Prestasi sang Kakak (In Indonesian)
• Candra Wijaya Teman Curhat yang Asyik (In Indonesian)