Simon Santoso is a male 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

When he was young, he joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team PBSI. In 2005 he won the Robot HCMC Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

Badminton at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

Badminton at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games was held at the PhilSports Arena at the Philippine Sports Commission Complex in Pasig City, Philippines...

. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the Singapore

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....

 (2008), Swiss

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:...

 (2007), and Indonesia Super Series (2008) events

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....

 . He was also a semi-finalist at the Japan Open Super Series

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:...

 (2007) and the Chinese Taipei Open

Chinese Taipei Open (badminton)

The Chinese Taipei Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s,but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1997 they are regularly held, unless in the 2001 edition, due to the economic crisis in Asia....

 (2007). In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open

Chinese Taipei Open (badminton)

The Chinese Taipei Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s,but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1997 they are regularly held, unless in the 2001 edition, due to the economic crisis in Asia....

 after defeating Roslin Hashim

Roslin Hashim

Muhammad Roslin Hashim is a male badminton player from Malaysia.He is one of the successful Malaysian badminton players...

 from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10.
In October 2009, he won his first Super Series ever in Denmark Open Super Series, after beating Marc Zwiebler

Marc Zwiebler

Marc Zwiebler is a male badminton player from Germany. He is currently ranked number 16 in the world and is the third highest-ranked European player behind Peter Høeg Gade....

 of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in the final round, 21-14, 21-6.
He won gold in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

Personal life

Simon is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem (father) and Rahel Yanti (mother). His hobbies are swimming and reading comics.

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 3 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...
  
   (2005, 2007, 2011)
• 4 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...
  
   (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

Record Against Selected Opponents

Includes results against athletes who competed in Super Series finals, World Championships semifinals, and Olympic quarterfinals.

Bao Chunlai

Bao Chunlai

Bao Chunlai is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:The tall, powerful Bao has ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century...

 0-4 Chen Jin

Chen Jin

Chen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...

 1-6 Chen Long

Chen Long

Chen Long is a male badminton player from China.-2010:Chen participated in the Korea Open Super Series in January. He made it through to the semi-finals before losing to Danish player Peter Gade, 13–21 21–10 17–21...

 0-1 Chen Yu

Chen Yu (badminton)

Chen Yu is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Chen won men's singles at the Chinese National Championships in 2002 and 2003. On the international badminton circuit he won the 2006 Thailand Open by defeating two fellow countrymen , Chen Hong in the semifinals, and...

 1-1 Lin Dan

Lin Dan

Lin Dan is a professional badminton player from China. He is a four-time world champion and the reigning Olympic champion. Widely considered to be the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 27 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all major titles in world badminton:...

 1-8 Hsieh Yu-hsing

Hsieh Yu-Hsing

Hsieh Yu-Hsin or Yu Hsin Hsieh . Hsieh started to play badminton international championships since 2002. At the moment, Hsieh had become the men singles No.1 international player in Taiwan, but he always being drawn to face more stronger players in the overseas countries tournament...

 3-0 Peter Gade

Peter Gade

Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen...

 3-10 Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen is a male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in men's singles and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships...

 2-0 Joachim Persson

Joachim Persson

Joachim Persson is a badminton player from Denmark. Persson is currently the 3rd highest ranked singles player in Denmark. He is set to take over Kenneth Jonassen as Denmark's second singles after Kenneth's retirement in the months to come....

 0-1 Taufik Hidayat

Taufik Hidayat

Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former World and Olympic champion in men's singles...

 4-5 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1-1 Kenichi Tago

Kenichi Tago

Kenichi Tago is a male badminton player from Japan. In 2010, he surprisingly reached the final of the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships final. En route to the final he beats three seeded players including Joachim Persson, Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai. In the final, Tago lost to...

 2-1 Lee Hyun-il

Lee Hyun-il

Lee Hyun-il is a male badminton player from South Korea.- 2002 Asian Games:Lee competed in the 2002 Asian Games where he showed signs of promise as an ace singles player for Team Korea...

 1-2 Park Sung-hwan

Park Sung-hwan

Park Sung-hwan is a male badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top ranked men's singles player in Korea and has also enjoyed success at international level, winning individual medals at both the 2010 World Championships and 2010 Asian Games.-2004-2007:2005 Park won the Indonesia...

 1-2 Shon Seung-mo

Shon Seung-mo

Shon Seung-mo is a male badminton player from South Korea.Shon played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Antti Viitikko of Finland and Richard Vaughan of Great Britain in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Shon defeated Chen Hong of People's Republic of...

 1-0 Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei

Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games...

 1-6 Wong Choong Hann

Wong Choong Hann

Wong Choong Hann is a professional Malaysian badminton player.He currently resides in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.-Career:Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open.The first tournament he won was the 1997 Dutch Open...

 3-1 Ronald Susilo

Ronald Susilo

Ronald Susilo is a Singaporean badminton player of a Chinese-Indonesian origin.He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Pelita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he...

 1-1 Boonsak Ponsana

Boonsak Ponsana

Boonsak Ponsana is a male badminton player from Thailand.His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team.-Career:...

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External links

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