Simon Santoso
Simon Santoso is an Indonesian former badminton player. He was two-time Badminton at the [Southeast Asian Games|SEA Games] men's singles champion winning in 2009 and 2011, also featured in Indonesia team that won the men's team title in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Santoso won the Indonesia Open a Superseries Premier tournament in 2012 Indonesia [Super Series Premier|2012]. He reached a career high as world number 3 in August 2010.
Career
When he was young, Santoso joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team. In 2005, he won the Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 SEA Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the 2008 Singapore, 2007 Swiss, and 2008 Indonesia Open. He was eliminated at the semi-finals in the 2007 [Japan Open Super Series|Japan Open Super Series] and the 2007 BWF [Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|Chinese Taipei Open]. In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10.In October 2009, he won his first Superseries ever in Denmark Open, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21–14, 21–6. He won gold in the 2009 SEA Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
In 2011, he retained his gold medal in SEA Games by beating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets.
In 2012, he helped Indonesia Garuda to win the inaugural Axiata Cup. In June 2012, he won Indonesia Open Superseries Premier title 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the final.
Personal life
Born in Tegal, Central Java, Santoso is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem and Rahel Yanti. His hobbies are swimming and reading comics. He married Evelyn Carmelita on 6 December 2014, and now have two children.Achievements
SEA Games
Men's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines |  Asian Junior ChampionshipsBoys' singles
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Silver2
gold1
Silver2