Greysia Polii is a female 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 from Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

.

Career

In 2007 Polii won women's doubles at the Indonesian National Championships

Indonesian National Badminton Championships

The Indonesian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Indonesian Badminton Association to crown the best badminton players in Indonesia.-Seniors:-Juniors:-Team events:...

 with Jo Novita

Jo Novita

Jo Novita is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Novita competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Lita Nurlita. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei of China in the round of 16...

. They were women's doubles silver medalists at both the 2005 and 2007 Southeast Asian Games

Badminton at the Southeast Asian Games

Badminton is a Southeast Asian Games event and has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games in 1959.-Medal table:-Individual competition:-Team competition:-References:***...

. Polii was a member of Indonesian

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...

 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...

 teams that finished second to China

China national badminton team

The China national badminton team represents the People's Republic of China in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Badminton Association of the People's Republic of China, the governing body for badminton in China....

 in 2005 and 2007.At Quarter finalSingapore 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....

 Greysia Polii beat The World No. 1 Wong Pei Tty

Wong Pei Tty

Wong Pei Tty is a female badminton player from Malaysia.Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chin Eei Hui...

 / Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui is a female badminton player from Malaysia in the women's doubles event.-Career:Eei Hui competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Wong Pei Tty...

 from Malaysia and beat The World No. 9 Lena Frier Kristiansen

Lena Frier Kristiansen

Lena Frier Kristiansen is a female badminton player from Denmark.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 2006 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles, with Kamilla Rytter Juhl.-External links:*...

 / Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Kamilla Rytter Juhl is a female badminton player from Denmark.Juhl won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Thomas Laybourn, and a bronze medal in women's doubles with Lena Frier Kristiansen...

 from Denmark in Semi final. In French Open

French Open (badminton)

The French Open is an annual Badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton . The 2009 edition will be held from the 27th of October to the 1st of November....

 2009, Greysia Polii / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari can go to Semifinal, after beating Wong Pei Tty

Wong Pei Tty

Wong Pei Tty is a female badminton player from Malaysia.Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chin Eei Hui...

/Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui is a female badminton player from Malaysia in the women's doubles event.-Career:Eei Hui competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Wong Pei Tty...

 from Malaysia in Quarterfinal, And Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Kamilla Rytter Juhl is a female badminton player from Denmark.Juhl won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Thomas Laybourn, and a bronze medal in women's doubles with Lena Frier Kristiansen...

/Lena Frier Kristiansen

Lena Frier Kristiansen

Lena Frier Kristiansen is a female badminton player from Denmark.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 2006 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles, with Kamilla Rytter Juhl.-External links:*...

 from Denmark, Before defeated by Chinese Ma Jin

Ma Jin

Ma Jin is a female badminton player from China....

 / Wang Xiaoli

Wang Xiaoli

Wang Xiaoli is an internationally elite badminton player from China.Wang Xiaoli began her international career in 2009 when she paired with Tao Jiaming in Mixed Doubles and with Ma Jin in Women's Doubles...

 from China with 2 set 21-4, 21-18. In December 2009, Greysia Polii / Nitya Krishinda can't get the gold for Indonesia in SEA Games 2009 in Vientiane

Vientiane

-Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...

, Laos

Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

. Because defeated by young Thailand's women doubles Savitree Amitrapai / Munkit Vacharaporn. Now Greysia Polii partner double is Meiliana Jauhari

Meiliana Jauhari

Meiliana Jauhari is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Meiliana competed women's doubles in BWF Super Series at the 2008 Indonesia Super Series, 2009 Malaysia Super Series, and 2009 Korea Super Series with her partner, Shendy Puspa Irawati.Now, Meiliana played with Greysia Polii in the...

 as the new pair they can reached Quarter-Final of All-England 2010. At Quarter-Final they deafeted by Chinese pair Pan Pan / Qing Tian with tight rubber set 23-25, 21-17, 17-21, but before at the first round they defeated the Seed No. 4 Wong Pei Tty

Wong Pei Tty

Wong Pei Tty is a female badminton player from Malaysia.Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chin Eei Hui...

 / Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui is a female badminton player from Malaysia in the women's doubles event.-Career:Eei Hui competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Wong Pei Tty...

 from Malaysia

Personal information

Affectionately called Grace, she has an interest in playing music percussion.

• Sponsor: Yonex
• Racket: armotec 800 defensive
• Style of play: tac tic, technique
• Club: Jayaraya Jakarta
• Joined national team: 2003
• Started playing: at 5
• World/Continental/Olympic medals: Sea Games winner 2007
• National titles: National Championship 2007 winner
• Highest world ranking: 5
• Favorite color: Green
• Favorite books: the Bible, Your Best Life Now, Become a Better You
• Favorite movies: Facing the Giant, Spider-Man, Passion of the Christ, August Rush
• Favorite quotes: "all things are possible with Jesus Christ", "life without love is nothing", "you can't do everything well, but you can do something well", "we can't change the past, but we can change the future by making the right choices today".

Achievements

With Meiliana Jauhari

Meiliana Jauhari

Meiliana Jauhari is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Meiliana competed women's doubles in BWF Super Series at the 2008 Indonesia Super Series, 2009 Malaysia Super Series, and 2009 Korea Super Series with her partner, Shendy Puspa Irawati.Now, Meiliana played with Greysia Polii in the...

 (Women's Double)

2011 :

• Semifinal Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold
• Semifinal India Open
  India Open (badminton)
  The India Open is an annual badminton event that has been held in India since 1981. In 2011, the tournament was lifted as part of the BWF Super Series tournament, after four years as part of Grand Prix Gold tournament.-Previous winners:...
  
  
• Semifinal 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:...
  
  

2010 :

• Semifinal 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....
  
  
• Semifinal Uber Cup
  Uber Cup
  The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...
  
   at Kuala Lumpur
  Kuala Lumpur
  Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
  
  ,Malaysia
• Runner-Up Macau Open
• Runner-Up Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold
• Runner-Up 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....
  
  

With Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Women's Double)

2009 :

• Silver Medal Southeast Asian Games
  Badminton at the Southeast Asian Games
  Badminton is a Southeast Asian Games event and has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games in 1959.-Medal table:-Individual competition:-Team competition:-References:***...
  
   2009, Laos
  Laos
  Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
  
  
• Semifinal French Open
  French Open (badminton)
  The French Open is an annual Badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton . The 2009 edition will be held from the 27th of October to the 1st of November....
  
  
• Semifinal 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:...
  
  
• Runner-Up 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....
  
  
• Semifinal 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...
  
   at Guangzhou
  Guangzhou
  Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
  
  ,China

With Jo Novita

Jo Novita

Jo Novita is a female badminton player from Indonesia.Novita competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Lita Nurlita. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei of China in the round of 16...

 (Women's Double)

2008 :

• Runner-Up Uber Cup
  Uber Cup
  The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...
  
  

2007 :

• Runner-Up Southeast Asian Games
  Badminton at the Southeast Asian Games
  Badminton is a Southeast Asian Games event and has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games in 1959.-Medal table:-Individual competition:-Team competition:-References:***...
  
  
• Runner-Up 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....
  
  
• Runner-Up Swiss Super Series
• Runner-Up Malaysia Super Series
• Winner National Championship
  National championship
  A national championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest in a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, individual in a particular nation and in a particular field...
  
  

2006 :

• Winner Philippines Open
  Philippines Open (badminton)
  The Philippine Open in badminton is an international open held in the Philippines since 2006. The 2008 tournament, schedule to be held from June 3 to June 8, was removed from calendar with unknown reasons.-Previous winners:-External links:*...
  
  

2005 :

• Runner-Up Southeast Asian Games
  Badminton at the Southeast Asian Games
  Badminton is a Southeast Asian Games event and has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games in 1959.-Medal table:-Individual competition:-Team competition:-References:***...