Imelda Wiguna

Imelda Wiguna
Personal information
Birth nameMustika Imelda Wiguna Kurniawan
CountryIndonesia
Born (1951-10-12) 12 October 1951
Slawi, Indonesia
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD with Verawaty Fadjrin in 1979)
1 (XD with Christian Hadinata in 1979)[1]
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
World Championships
1980 Jakarta Mixed doubles
1980 Jakarta Women's doubles
World Games
1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles
World Cup
1979 Tokyo Women's doubles
1980 Kyoto Women's doubles
1986 Bandung & Jakarta Women's doubles
1985 Jakarta Women's doubles
1984 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Uber Cup
1975 Jakarta Women's team
1978 Auckland Women's team
1981 Tokyo Women's team
1986 Jakarta Women's team
Asian Games
1978 Bangkok Women's doubles
1974 Tehran Women's team
1978 Bangkok Women's team
1974 Tehran Women's doubles
1978 Bangkok Mixed doubles
1986 Seoul Women's doubles
1986 Seoul Women's team

Imelda Wiguna (also known as Imelda Wigoena, Chinese: 黃祖金, born 12 October 1951) is an Indonesian badminton player who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.

Career

A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the All England Championships.[2] The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Wiharjo but winning the mixed doubles with Hadinata.[3] Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult. Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1978), the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1985); and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1981, 1985).

Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986. She helped her nation to capture its first world title (over Japan) in 1975,[4] and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.

Achievements

World Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Christian Hadinata Thomas Kihlström
Gillian Gilks 		8–15, 8–15 Bronze

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo Nora Perry
Jane Webster 		12–15, 3–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		15–12, 15–4 Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Verawaty Wiharjo Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura 		3–15, 7–15 Silver
1980 Kyoto, Japan Verawaty Wiharjo Atsuko Tokuda
Yoshiko Yonekura 		12–15, 14–17 Silver
1985 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Rosiana Tendean Lin Ying
Wu Dixi 		5–15, 17–14, 10–15 Bronze
1986 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Rosiana Tendean Han Aiping
Li Lingwei 		7–15, 7–15 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1974 Amjadieh Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran Theresia Widiastuti Minarni
Regina Masli 		Bronze
1978 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand Verawaty Wiharjo Qiu Yufang
Zheng Huiming 		17–14, 15–4 Gold
1986 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Rosiana Tendean Kim Yun-ja
Yoo Sang-hee 		12–15, 13–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1978 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand Christian Hadinata Tang Xianhu
Zhang Ailing 		15–12, 7–15, 5–15 Bronze

SEA Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1985 Chulalongkorn University Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand 		Rosiana Tendean Verawaty Fadjrin
Elizabeth Latief 		15–2, 15–4 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		Christian Hadinata Hariamanto Kartono
Tjan So Gwan 		18–16, 15–2 Gold
1985 Chulalongkorn University Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand 		Christian Hadinata Chafidz Yusuf
Rosiana Tendean 		15–9,15–5 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1985 Thailand Open Rosiana Tendean Guan Weizhen
Wu Jianqiu 		1–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1986 Indonesia Open Rosiana Tendean Ivana Lie
Verawaty Fadjrin 		15–17, 2–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1984 Denmark Open Billy Gilliland Dipak Tailor
Nora Perry 		ret Runner-up

International tournaments

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1980 Auckland International Tjan So Gwan 11–9, 2–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1975 All England Open Theresia Widiastuti Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		15–12, 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1975 Denmark Open Theresia Widiastuti Lene Køppen
Inge Borgstrøm 		3–15, 15–3, 15–10 Winner
1978 Denmark Open Verawaty Wiharjo Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura 		15–8, 8–15, 15–4 Winner
1979 All England Open Verawaty Wiharjo Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda 		15–3, 10–15, 15–5 Winner
1979 Auckland International Verawaty Wiharjo Karen Bridge
Ivana Lie 		15–7, 15–13 Winner
1979 Canadian Open Verawaty Wiharjo Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda 		7–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner
1979 Randers Open Verawaty Wiharjo Gillian Gilks
Nora Perry 		4–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1980 Auckland International Tjan So Gwan Sue Daly
Taty Sumirah 		15–2, 15–4 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 All England Open Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		15–1, 18–17 Winner
1979 Canadian Open Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
Verawaty Wiharjo 		15–6, 15–1 Winner
1980 All England Open Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		13–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1981 All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		15–10, 14–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1981 Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		2–15, 2–15 Runner-up

Other tournaments

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1983 Veterans Tournament (30+) Minarni Noriko Nakayama
Hiroe Amano 		15–3, ret Winner [5]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1983 Veterans Tournament (30+) Derek Talbot Koay Kar Lin
Yap Hei Lin 		15–9, 15–8 Winner [5]

References

  1. ^ "World rankings April 30, 1979" (PDF). World Badminton. Vol. 7, no. 5. May 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 95, 108.
  3. ^ Davis, 110.
  4. ^ Davis 134, 135.
  5. ^ a b "Veterans Tournament" (PDF). World Badminton. September 1983. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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