Mia Audina


Mia Audina Tjiptawan is a former Indonesian badminton player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions. A badminton prodigy, Audina first played Uber Cup for Indonesia at age fourteen, winning the decisive final match in the championship round against China in 1994. She was briefly ranked as the World No.1 women's singles player in October 1996. Audina helped Indonesia to retain the Uber Cup title in 1996, and was a member of the 1998 Indonesian team which relinquished the Cup to China, before moving to the Netherlands with her Dutch-national husband in 2000.

Career

As a Dutch resident she continued to compete, winning titles in both Europe and Asia before retiring from high-level competition in 2006. Top honors in badminton's three most prestigious events for individual players, the Olympics, the All-Englands, and the World Championships, eluded Audina, though she was twice an Olympic silver medalist in singles and was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in 2003. Her most significant victories included the open singles titles of the USA, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Taiwan. She won singles at the 1997 SEA Games|SEA Games] in 1997 and both singles and women's doubles at the European Championships in 2004. A gritty competitor and, in her youth, exceptionally mobile and supple, Audina was a crowd favorite throughout her career.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|1996]Georgia State University Gymnasium, Atlanta, United States

World Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2003National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England

World Cup

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1995Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

European Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2002Baltiska hallen, Malmö, Sweden

Asian Cup

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1995Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China

SEA Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1997Asia-Africa Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1992 IBF World [Junior Championships|1992]Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1995German Opensilver2

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001Dutch Internationalsilver2

IBF Junior International

Girls' singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
1993Dutch Juniorgold1

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.