Halim Haryanto

Halim Haryanto Ho (born September 23, 1976) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He is a former world champion along with his doubles partner Tony Gunawan. Haryanto immigrated to the United States in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now resides in San Diego, California, coaching in San Diego and representing the United States as a badminton player of Team USA.

Personal life

Halim Haryanto Ho was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on September 23, 1976 to Hadimulya Ho and Ana Wun. Haryanto began playing badminton at the age of 8. He graduated from West Java, Indonesia High School in 1994 and joined the Indonesia National Badminton Team in 1995, specializing as a men's doubles player. He is currently married to Jeanny N. Ho, whose father is Hariamanto Kartono, silver medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships and gold medalist of the All England, Indonesian Open, and Thomas Cup. Together they have two daughters, Gabriella Ho and Graciella Ho. Amongst his hobbies are basketball, swimming, watching James Bond movies, and That '70s Show. He also became a certified massage therapist in 2006. After living in the United States for seven years, Haryanto gained his U.S. Citizenship on August 19, 2011.

Career

From 1995 to 2004 Haryanto played for the Indonesia National Badminton Team with various partners before immigrating to the U.S. in fall of 2004 to pursue a career as a badminton coach. In those 9 years he played for Indonesia, he enjoyed his most success with fellow countryman and now U.S. citizen, Tony Gunawan. He won his first ever gold medals at the 1998 Malaysia Open and Brunei Open in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. That year he was also the bronze medalists at the Badminton Asia Championships. In 2001 he won the bi-annual International Badminton Federation World Championship as well as the 2001 All England Championship in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. They also won the 2001 Singapore Open that year as well. The Singapore Open would be the last international badminton tournament that Haryanto and Gunawan would compete in together under the PBSI.

2002–2004

After the Singapore Open, Haryanto was paired up with Tri Kusharjanto as a part of the Indonesian 2002 Thomas Cup team. They eventually won the 2002, winning their final round match against Malaysia in men's doubles. Near the end 2002 Haryanto began coaching the Indonesian Junior National Badminton team at the SGS Badminton Club in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. In 2003 Haryanto was paired up with Candra Wijaya, Olympic gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Haryanto's previous partner, Tony Gunawan. Their short-lived partnership won them the Copenhagen Masters in 2003 before Haryanto resigned from the Indonesia National Badminton Team and moved to the United States in October 2004.

2004–present

After moving to the United States he procured a job as a badminton coach at Bay Badminton Center in Burlingame, California, while maintaining international presence. In 2005 Haryanto paired up with his former partner, Tony Gunawan (who moved to the United States as well), and won the 2005 Chinese Taipei Open, 2005 Bitburger Open, and the U.S. Open later in 2006. Since then, Haryanto has competed in and several won national level titles including the international level U.S. Open as a representative of the United States. Haryanto is also a legendary coach, achieving Level 4 Certified High Performance Coach of USA Badminton, the highest coaching status in the United States. He was also a part of the 2011 United States Pan American Games Badminton Team that competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is currently coaching badminton for young ages in San Diego, California and pursuing other careers as a medical laboratory technician.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	15–0, 15–13	Gold Gold

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Template:Flagicon Sattawat Pongnairat	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	10–21, 14–21	Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Template:Flagicon Eva Lee	Template:Flagicon Toby Ng Template:Flagicon Grace Gao	13–21, 21–9, 17–21	Silver Silver

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Tri Kusharjanto	Template:Flagicon Pramote Teerawiwatana Template:Flagicon Tesana Panvisvas	15–17, 8–15	Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Kang Kyung-jin Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon	15–6, 8–15, 12–15	Bronze Bronze
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Tri Kusharjanto	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	6–15, 12–15	Bronze Bronze
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Tri Kusharjanto	13–15, 5–15	Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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 (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Brunei Open	Template:Flagicon Davis Efraim	Template:Flagicon Cun Cun Haryono Template:Flagicon Ade Lukas	8–15, 15–11, 6–15	Runner-up
1995	Sydney Open	Template:Flagicon Davis Efraim	Template:Flagicon Cun Cun Haryono Template:Flagicon Ade Lukas	14–18, 15–3, 15–10	Winner
1996	Brunei Open	Template:Flagicon Davis Efraim	Template:Flagicon Cun Cun Haryono Template:Flagicon Ade Lukas	15–8, 4–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1996	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Davis Efraim	Template:Flagicon Antonius Ariantho Template:Flagicon Denny Kantono	3–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Liu Yong Template:Flagicon Yu Jinhao	6–15, 15–5, 15–11	Winner
1998	Brunei Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard Template:Flagicon Denny Kantono	15–2, 15–8	Winner
1998	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Antonius Ariantho Template:Flagicon Denny Kantono	11–15, 15–5, 11–15	Runner-up
1999	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto	Template:Flagicon Cheah Soon Kit Template:Flagicon Yap Kim Hock	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2000	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Zhang Wei	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2000	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto	Template:Flagicon Jim Laugesen Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard	15–11, 15–4	Winner
2000	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	5–7, 6–8, 2–7	Runner-up
2001	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	15–13, 7–15, 15–7	Winner
2001	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	4–7, 7–4, 2–7, 7–2, 5–7	Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	2–7, 3–7, 5–7	Runner-up
2001	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	5–7, 7–3, 7–2, 7–0	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	17–16, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2005	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon William Milroy	15–3, 15–6	Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	15–13, 15–13	Winner
2006	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Vitalij Durkin Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–10, 21–19	Winner
2008	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Raju Rai	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach Template:Flagicon Khan Malaythong	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Sydney Open	Template:Flagicon Indarti Issolina	Template:Flagicon Peter Blackburn Template:Flagicon Rhonda Cator	17–14, 15–3	Winner
2008	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Peng Yun	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon Valerie Loker	21–13, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	French International	Template:Flagicon Davis Efraim	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan Template:Flagicon Victo Wibowo	10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Indonesia International	Template:Flagicon Davis Efraim	Template:Flagicon Eng Hian Template:Flagicon Hermono Yuwono	15–5, 15–5	Winner
2009	Santo Domingo Open	Template:Flagicon Phillip Chew	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cordón Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Ramírez	23–21, 15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	Puerto Rico International	Template:Flagicon Phillip Chew	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cordón Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Ramírez	19–21, 21–13, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Canadian International	Template:Flagicon Phillip Chew	Template:Flagicon Ruud Bosch Template:Flagicon Koen Ridder	13–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Brazil International	Template:Flagicon Eva Lee	Template:Flagicon Hock Lai Lee Template:Flagicon Priscilla Lun	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2011	Peru International	Template:Flagicon Eva Lee	Template:Flagicon Toby Ng Template:Flagicon Grace Gao	11–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Brazil International	Template:Flagicon Eva Lee	Template:Flagicon Glenn Warfe Template:Flagicon Leanne Choo	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2013	USA International	Template:Flagicon Hong Jingyu	Template:Flagicon Toby Ng Template:Flagicon Michelle Li	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/ Satellite tournament

Invitation tournament

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Copenhagen Masters	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Flandy Limpele Template:Flagicon Eng Hian	7–8, 7–5, 4–7, 7–5, 5–7	Runner-up
2003	Copenhagen Masters	Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	15–11, 15–4	Winner

External links

• BWF Player Profile