Rony Agustinus


Rony Agustinus is an Indonesian former badminton player, who now works as a badminton coach. As a junior player, he represented his country at the 1996 World Junior Championships settled the bronze medal in the boys' singles event. In 1997, he finished as the semi-finalists at the French and Indonesia International tournaments. He took the silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships defeated by his teammates Taufik Hidayat in the final. In 2001, he reached to the final of the 2001 Malaysia Open as an unseeded player, defeated a former All England champion Pullela Gopichand of India, his compatriot Hendrawan, the world champion, Park Tae-sang of South Korea, and Chen Hong of China en route to the final. He was failed to win the title after lost to host player Ong Ewe Hock. Agustinus played at the 2002 Busan Asian Games, helps the team won the silver medal. He also part of the national team that won the 2002 Thomas Cup.
Agustinus started his career as a coach in Indonesia, and was appointed as a Malaysia national coach in 2013.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2000Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Taufik Hidayat17–14, 2–15, 3–15 Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2001Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Boonsak Ponsana6–15, 1–15 Bronze
1999Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Wong Choong Hann15–17, 2–15 Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1996Silkeborg Hallerne, Silkeborg, Denmark Zhu Feng11–15, 7–15 Bronze

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001Malaysia Open Ong Ewe Hock7–3, 2–7, 0–7, 8–6, 1–7 Runner-up