Ricky Subagja
Ricky Subagja is a former Indonesian badminton player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.
Career
In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then biennial IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England with fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan. However, Subagja's regular partner for most of the 90s was another fellow countryman, the equally fast and hard-hitting Rexy Mainaky, and they formed the most successful team of the decade. Subagja and Mainaky won more than thirty international titles together, including all of badminton's major championships at least once. They captured Olympic gold at Atlanta in 1996, the IBF World Championships in 1995 at Lausanne, Switzerland, and the prestigious All-England Championships back to back in 1995 and 1996. A partial listing of their other titles includes the open championships of the five strongest nations in men's badminton: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Denmark ; as well as the World Badminton Grand Prix, the Badminton World Cup, and the quadrennial Asian Games.Subagja and Mainaky were bronze medalists at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals at both the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. They paired together on Indonesian Thomas Cup teams that won four consecutive world team titles in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Result | |
| Badminton World Federation Awards | 2009 | Badminton Hall of Fame | ||
| Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre Awards | 2017 | The best men's doubles legend with Rexy Mainaky |
Achievements
Olympic Games
Men's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States |  World ChampionshipsMen's doubles
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