Nova Widianto

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Nova Widianto
Personal information
Date of birth	October 10, 1977 (1977-10-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	Indonesia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb/11.5 st)
Mixed doubles
Country	Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Coach	Richard Mainaky

Nova Widianto (born Klaten, Central Java; 10 October 1977) is a male badminton player from Indonesia.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Achievements 1.1.1 With Lilyana Natsir 2 Personal life

[edit] Career

Widianto competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Vita Marissa. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Widianto and Marissa lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15-12, 15-8.

Widianto also participated in Sudirman Cup 4 times (2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007).

The current partner of Widianto in mixed double is Lilyana Natsir.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] With Lilyana Natsir

• 2 times winning World Championships (2005, 2007)
• 1 time winning Philippines Open (2007)
• 1 time winning Asian Championship (2006)
• 1 time winning the China Super Series after defeating Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam from Thailand 15-21, 21-18, 21-11 at the finals (2007)
• 1 time winning the Hong Kong Super Series after defeating Zheng Bo and Gao Ling from China 21-23, 21-18, 21-19 (2007)
• 1 time Runner-up Badminton All England Championships (2008)

[edit] Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. The parents name of Widianto is Santoso (father) and Sutari (mother). His hobby is football. Normally people called him Nova.