Denny Kantono

Personal information

Country

Indonesia

Born

12 January 1970 (age 54)
Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Height

1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Handedness

Right

Event

Men's doubles

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing Indonesia
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Men's doubles
World Cup
	1996 Jakarta	Men's doubles
	1995 Jakarta	Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
	1993 Birmingham	Mixed team
	1997 Glasgow	Mixed team
Thomas Cup
	1996 Hong Kong	Men's team
Asian Championships
	1997 Kuala Lumpur	Men's doubles
Asian Cup
	1994 Beijing	Men's doubles
Southeast Asian Games
	1993 Singapore	Men's team
	1995 Chiang Mai	Men's team
	1993 Singapore	Mixed doubles
	1995 Chiang Mai	Mixed doubles
	1993 Singapore	Men's doubles
	1995 Chiang Mai	Men's doubles

BWF profile

Denny Kantono (Chinese: 关有明; born 12 January 1970) is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles.^[1] He shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Antonius Ariantho including the French (1993), Hong Kong (1993), Denmark (1994), Thailand (1994), Chinese Taipei (1995, 1999), and Indonesia (1996) Opens; as well as the (now defunct) Badminton World Cup (1996) and World Badminton Grand Prix (1998) events. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1995 and bronze medalists at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Kantono competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles, with Antonius Ariantho, and won a bronze medal. They lost in semifinals against Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, of Malaysia, 15–10, 15–4,^[2] and in the bronze medal match they defeated Soo Beng Kiang and Tan Kim Her, of Malaysia, 15–4, 12–15, 15–8.^[3]

Personal life

Kantono has a daughter that also a badminton athlete name Serena Kani who plays in 2015 BWF World Junior Championships in Peru.^[4]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Antonius Ariantho	Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her	15–4, 12–15, 15–8	Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Sigit Budiarto	15–8, 15–2	Gold
1995	Jakarta, Indonesia	Antonius Ariantho	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	8–15, 8–15	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Antonius Ariantho	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	4–15, 15–9, 15–7	Gold

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	2–15, 7–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Gymnasium 3, 700th Anniversary Sport Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Antonius Ariantho	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	11–15, 15–6, 7–15	Bronze
1993	Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore	Rudy Gunawan	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	2–15, 15–12, 14–17	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Gymnasium 3, 700th Anniversary Sport Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Eliza Nathanael	Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur	8–15, 4–15	Silver
1993	Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore	Minarti Timur	Rudy Gunawan Eliza Nathanael	6–15, 15–18	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Choong Tan Fook Cheah Soon Kit	15–4, 14–17, 15–8	Winner
1998	Grand Prix Finals	Antonius Ariantho	Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan	15–11, 5–15, 15–11	Winner
1998	Brunei Open	Michael Søgaard	Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan	2–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1998	Japan Open	Antonius Ariantho	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	Malaysia Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–17, 12–15	Runner-up
1997	Japan Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	11–15, 15–7, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	11–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1996	Hong Kong Open	Antonius Ariantho	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	15–6, 15–3	Winner
1996	Indonesia Open	Antonius Ariantho	Davis Efraim Halim Haryanto	15–3, 15–10	Winner
1996	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1995	Singapore Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	7–15, 16–18	Runner-up
1995	Indonesia Open	Antonius Ariantho	Bambang Suprianto Rudy Gunawan	12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	All England Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	12–15, 18–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Yap Yee Guan Yap Yee Hup	15–7, 14–18, 15–2	Winner
1994	Thailand Open	Antonius Ariantho	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	12–15, 15–12, 15–10	Winner
1994	Denmark Open	Antonius Ariantho	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15–8, 5–15, 15–9	Winner
1994	German Open	Antonius Ariantho	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1994	Dutch Open	Antonius Ariantho	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	17–18, 15–5, 15–8	Winner
1994	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	14–17, 7–15	Runner-up
1994	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15–11, 12–15, 18–16	Winner
1993	Hong Kong Open	Antonius Ariantho	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	10–15, 15–3, 17–14	Winner
1993	U.S. Open	Antonius Ariantho	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	7–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	French Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rudy Gunawan Haditono Dicky Purwotsugiono	15–11, 18–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Chinese Taipei Open	Zelin Resiana	Nick Ponting Gillian Clark	Walkover	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Zelin Resiana	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	2–15, 15–2, 1–15	Runner-up