Etty Tantri

Etty Tantri
Personal information
Birth name	Eti Lesmina Tantra
Country	United States
Born	(1975-10-14) 14 October 1975 Selat Panjang, Kepulauan Meranti, Riau, Indonesia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Indonesia Sudirman Cup 2001 Seville Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Championships 2000 Jakarta Women's doubles 1999 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 1997 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's doubles 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's team
BWF profile

Eti Lesmina Tantra (Chinese: 蒂·坦蒂; pinyin: Dì·tǎn dì; born 14 October 1975), is an Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. She has represented Indonesia and the United States in international tournaments.

Career

Tantri who affiliate with Tangkas club, was selected to join the national team in 1993. She won her first title in 1997 India Open in the women's doubles partnered with Cynthia Tuwankotta. Together with Tuwankotta, she also won the 1997 French Open, becoming the first Indonesians to win a women's doubles title, and at the 1997 Polish Open. Tantri and Tuwankotta were the bronze medalists at the 1997 and 1999 Asian Championships. She claimed the gold medal for the Indonesian women's team and women's doubles (with Tuwankotta) at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games. Tantri competed in 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with Tuwankotta as the eight seeds, but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, defeated by Ge Fei and Gu Jun. Partnered with Minarti Timur, she won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships. In the mixed doubles, she won the 1997 Polish Open with Flandy Limpele, also the 2002 and 2003 U.S Open with Tony Gunawan. She was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Uber Cup, also the silver and bronze medals at the 2001 and 1999 Sudirman Cup.

Personal life

Tantri married Tony Gunawan, a 2000 Olympic Games men's doubles gold medalist, on the 29th of July 2002 at the Monte Carlo Chapel in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Christopher and Leon.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Cynthia Tuwankotta	Liu Lu Qian Hong	10–15, 9–15	Bronze
1999	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Cynthia Tuwankotta	Ge Fei Gu Jun	7–15, 6–15	Bronze
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Minarti Timur	Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin	8–15, 13–15	Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Cynthia Tuwankotta	Indarti Issolina Emma Ermawati	17–15, 15–6	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Sydney Open	Carmelita	Peng Xinyong Zhang Jin	9–15, 15–12, 4–15	Runner-up
1997	India Open	Cynthia Tuwankotta	Choi Ma-ree Lee Soon-deuk	15–8, 14–17, 15–5	Winner
1997	Polish Open	Cynthia Tuwankotta	Chen Li-chin Tsai Hui-min	12–15, 15–8, 15–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Polish Open	Flandy Limpele	Imam Tohari Emma Ermawati	15–7, 15–6	Winner
2002	U.S. Open	Tony Gunawan	Simon Archer Marina Andrievskaya	7–11, 11–4, 11–6	Winner
2003	U.S. Open	Tony Gunawan	Hwang Ji-man Lee Eun-woo	15–5, 15–9	Winner

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	French International	Cynthia Tuwankotta	Ella Miles Sara Sankey	14–17, 15–3, 15–7	Winner

External links

• Etty Tantri at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Etty Tantri at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)