Mona Santoso

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Mona Santoso
Personal information
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Born (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 38)
EventWomen's singles & doubles
Medal record
BWF profile

Mona Santoso (born 17 August 1982) is a former Indonesian badminton player, and later represented United States. [1] Santoso was part of the Indonesia national team from 1998-2000. [2] As a junior player, Santoso was the girls' singles champion at the 1998 Hong Kong Junior Championships, she also helped the Indonesian girls' team clinched the silver medal at the 1999 Asian Junior Championships, [2] [3] and the mixed team bronze medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships. [4] Santoso won the women's doubles title at the 1999 Indonesian National Championships partnered with Vita Marissa. Santoso started her career as a badminton coach in Pola Bugar Club Jakarta from 2005-2006, and in 2006, she moved to Sunnyvale Community Center in Sunnyvale, California. [2] Santoso then played for the United States, and won the U.S. National Championships title in 2008 and 2009. [5]

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Santoso at the 2009 U.S. Open Badminton Championships At the Us Open International Badminton tounament (&, for me, the US Senior International ) in Orange Countyy, Los Angeles July 9-11, 2009 - (28474328400).jpg
Santoso at the 2009 U.S. Open Badminton Championships

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2009 U.S. Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anna Rice 17–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 Chinese Taipei Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Vita Marissa Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jiewen
14–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005 Surabaya Satellite Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Kusharjanto Flag of Indonesia.svg Bambang Suprianto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Minarti Timur
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up

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References

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