Vita Marissa


Vita Marissa is an Indonesian retired badminton player.

Career

Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15–12, 15–8. In September 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rijal won in mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final.
In early 2009, she resigned from the Indonesia National Team and is no longer a PBSI player.
She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele and her friend Nadya Melati, also a former national team player in women's doubles.

Olympic Games

Participation with Indonesian team

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Gangseo Gymnasium,
Busan, South Korea

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001PhilSports Arena,
Manila, Philippines

SEA Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001Malawati Stadium,
Selangor, Malaysia

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Ninoy Aquino Stadium,
Manila, Philippines

BWF Superseries (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Marissa played with many partners such as Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir, Muhammad Rijal and Flandy Limpele.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Malaysia Open

BWF Grand Prix (15 titles, 20 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Thailand Open

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Indonesia International

Performance timeline

National team

Junior level
Team event19971998
Asian Junior Championships Silver Bronze
Senior level
Team event200120072011
SEA Games Gold Gold Silver

Team event2008
Uber Cup Silver

Team event2007
Sudirman Cup Silver

Individual competitions

Junior level
Event19971998
Asian Junior Championships Bronze (GD) Bronze (GD)

Event1998
World Junior Championships Bronze (GD)
Senior level
Event200120072011
SEA Games Gold (WD)
Gold (XD)
Gold (WD)
Gold (XD)
Silver (XD)

Event20002001200320042008
Asian Championships Bronze (XD) Silver (WD)
Bronze (XD)
Gold (XD) Bronze (XD) Bronze (WD)
Gold (XD)

Event20022006
Asian GamesQF (WD)
Bronze (XD)
QF (WD)
R16 (XD)

Event20042008
Olympic GamesQF (XD)R1 (WD)
4th (XD)

Personal life

When Marissa was young, she joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. Her parents were Aris Harsono and Yulianawati. Her hobbies are billiards, swimming, and watching movies. Generally people call her Vita. After she has finished all competitions, no matter what the result were, she always makes a symbol of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup team, she was appointed as the team captain.