Kowi Chandra (Chinese: 張國衛) (born 7 March 1986 in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia^[1]) is a former Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles, now representing the United States.

Career

Kowi Chandra was ranked no. 1 in the country in 2003, and he was a former Indonesia National team, which is rated among the best in the world. He move to the United States to continue his badminton career in 2006. He won the U.S. National Badminton Championships in 2008, has excelled at Wilson MIT Boston Badminton Open in both the Men's Doubles event and the Mixed Doubles event, especially in the latter category in which he has been Champion for an unprecedented three (3) consecutive years (2007, 2008, and 2009). In the thirteen years that the tournament has been taking place, no other doubles team has managed this feat. was ranked number #1 in the United States for mixed doubles in 2009.

In 2010, Chandra was the head coach at from Bay Badminton Club (BBC), one of the largest badminton clubs in the Bay Area. He marked a record in 2011 when ten of his players who enrolled in his training at Bay Badminton in Milpitas were qualified to compete in the Pan American Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. During the same year. In 2012 he was awarded as High-Performer Certified Coach by USA Badminton Organization. Later in 2012, he made his way back to compete in a few tournaments. He attained the first position for Men's Doubles with the former World Champion, Halim Haryanto in U.S. National Badminton Championships 2012, as well as the third position for mixed doubles while pairing with one of his students, Lisa Chang.

Chandra was the recipient of the 2013 USAB Development Coach of The Year. Chandra is a member of the Coaching Advisory Group, leading a critical role in the development of badminton in the US. In 2015, Chandra led Team USA for the World University Games and Pan American Junior Championships. During Pan Am Junior Championships, the team won the 1st place title (Gold Medal). Later this year, Chandra will also lead for the BWF World Junior Championships.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Title
2012	US Adult National Championship	Halim Haryanto Ho	Howard Bach Phillip Chew	21-17, 21-19	Gold
2012	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Charmaine Reid	Halim Haryanto Ho Bo Rong	15-21, 12-21	Bronze
2011	US Adult National Championship	Halim Haryanto Ho	Tony Gunawan Howard Bach	9-21, 13-21	Silver
2011	Dave Freeman Open	Agusriadi Wijaya	Kyle Jordan Emerick Sarun Vivatpatanakul	17-21, 20-22	Silver
2011	Dave Freeman Open	Yeetheng Lim	Hock Lai Lee Pricilla Lun	23-25, 15-21	Bronze
2011	Bay Badminton Championships	Arnold Setiadi	Taufik Hidayat Halim Haryanto Ho	18-21, 13-21	Silver
2010	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Paula O'Banana	Holvy De Pauw Yun Peng	14-21, 16-21	Silver
2009	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Daniel Gouw	Sameera Gunatileka Vincent Nguy	21-17, 20-22, 24-26	Silver
2009	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Go Mona Santoso	Halim Haryanto Ho Yun Peng	21-19, 21-17	Gold
2009	US Adult National Championship	Daniel Gouw	Howard Bach Bob Malaythong	22-20, 19-21, 13-21	Silver
2009	US Adult National Championship	Mona Santoso	Howard Bach Eva Lee	19-21, 18-21	Silver
2009	Bay Badminton Championships	Daniel Gouw	Tony Gunawan Howard Bach	17-21, 13 -21	Silver
2009	Bay Badminton Championships	Mona Santoso	Halim Haryanto Ho Yun Peng	10-21, 18-21	Bronze
2008	X Miami Pan Am Intl Challenge	Daniel Gouw	Jose Antonio Crespo Guilherme Pardo	19-21, 21-13, 20-14	Gold
2008	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Mona Santoso	N/A	N/A	Gold
2008	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Daniel Gouw	Howard Bach Bob Malaythong	N/A	Silver
2008	US Adult National Championship	Mona Santoso	Daniel Gouw Rulan Yeh	21-6, 21-10	Gold
2008	US Adult National Championship	Daniel Gouw	Howard Bach Bob Malaythong	15-21, 13-21	Silver
2007	Wilson MIT Boston Open	Mona Santoso	Halim Haryanto Ho Angie De Pauw	21-16, 21-17	Gold