Ronald Susilo

Ronald Susilo (Chinese: 林羽峰; pinyin: Lín Yǔfēng; born June 6, 1979 in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia) 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 (Independent) for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian and Malay and understands spoken Chinese. He joined the Singapore Badminton Association at the age of 19. In the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony he was the national flag-bearer of Singapore. He was previously engaged to fellow Singaporean Li Jia Wei, a national table tennis player. Since January 2008, both parties have announced their amicable separation, as featured in various Singapore newspapers.

Susilo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating number 1 seed Lin Dan of China and Björn Joppien of Germany in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Susilo was defeated by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 15-10, 15-1. In 2005 and 2007, he won the Singaporean National Badminton Championships.

He represented Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he lost to number 2 seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 13-21, 14-21 in the men's singles round of 32.

Ronald Susilo broke up with Li Jia Wei before the Beijing Olympics.

Read more about Ronald Susilo:  Ronald Susilo Badminton Academy

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