Rosiana Tendean
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Rosiana Tendean is a retired 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...

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Career

A doubles specialist, Tendean competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la...

 in women's doubles with Erma Sulistianingsih, and they lost in the first round to Gillian Clark (badminton)
Gillian Clark (badminton)
Gillian Margaret Clark, MBE is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and currently a badminton television commentator.-Career:...

 and Julie Bradbury
Julie Bradbury
Julie Bradbury is a former English female badminton player.-1992 Summer Olympics:Bradbury competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Gillian Clark. In the first round they beat Erma Sulistianingsih and Rosiana Tendean of Indonesia and in the second round Katrin...

, 15-10, 4-15, 17-15. Together, they won consecutive World Grand Prix
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...

 titles, in 1989
1989 World Badminton Grand Prix
The 1989 World Badminton Grand Prix was the seventh edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Singapore, from December 6 to December 10, 1989.-Final results:-References:*...

 and 1990
1990 World Badminton Grand Prix
The 1990 World Badminton Grand Prix was the eighth edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, from December 12 to December 16, 1990.-Final results:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-External links:*...

, and two 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....

s in 1989 and 1992. Tendean had won also this title earlier with Ivana Lie
Ivana Lie
Ivana Lie is a former female Chinese Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.-Career:...

 in 1987, and won it also in mixed doubles with Rudy Gunawan
Rudy Gunawan
Rudy Gunawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. Tall, and powerfully built, he won numerous major international titles, mainly in men's doubles but also in mixed doubles, from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s.-Career:Rudy Gunawan...

 in 1990 and 1993. Rosiana and Rudy Gunawan won three Badminton World Cup
Badminton World Cup
The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group . It was held between 1981 and 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as invitational tournament in 2005...

s in a row between 1990 and 1992, as well as the Hong Kong
Hong Kong Open (badminton)
The Hong Kong Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Hong Kong since 1982, but it did not take place annually. It is organized by Hong Kong Badminton Association and it became one of the Super Series tournament in 2007. In 2008, Wang Chen became the first home player to win the Hong Kong...

 and Polish
Polish Open (badminton)
The Polish Open in badminton is an international open held in Poland since 1975.In the years before 1990 they were one of the few meeting places of the badminton players of the Eastern Bloc countries. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit....

 Opens in 1993. She won her first significant international title in women's doubles at the 1985 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:***...

 with the veteran Imelda Wiguno
Imelda Wiguno
Imelda Wiguno is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid 1970s through the mid 1980s.-Career:...

. She was a member of the 1986 Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) team which 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....

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