Lius Pongoh
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born (1960-12-03) 3 December 1960 (age 63)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Handednessright handed
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Jakarta Men's singles
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Silver medal – second place 1982 London Men's team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Jakarta Men's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Men's team

Lius Pongoh (born December 3, 1960, in Jakarta; Chinese: 劉邦高) is a former Indonesian badminton player.

Career

Pongoh played singles at a world class level in the 1980s. At nineteen he was a bronze medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing in the semifinals to fellow countryman Liem Swie King.[1] On the international badminton circuit Pongoh's wins included the Swedish (1981), Indonesia (1984), and Chinese Taipei (1985) Opens, the 1981 Copenhagen Cup (forerunner of the Copenhagen Masters), and the 1982 Indian Masters. He won men's doubles at the 1981 Japan Open with doubles maestro Christian Hadinata where he was also runner-up in singles to the great Rudy Hartono.[2][3][4][5]

Pongoh played second singles for the Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and 1986, both of which suffered the narrowest of final round losses to arch-rival China. He dropped both of his matches in the '82 series final, but won his only match (under a revised best of five match format) in the '86 series.

Achievements

IBF World Championships

Men's Singles

1980 IBF World Championships – Men's singles
Round Opponent Score Result
Semifinal Indonesia Liem Swie King 3–15, 3–15 Bronze Bronze

International tournaments

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1981 Copenhagen Cup Indonesia Hadiyanto 15–10, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1981 Swedish Open Denmark Morten Frost 18–14, 15–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1981 Japan Open Indonesia Rudy Hartono 9–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1982 Indonesia Open Indonesia Icuk Sugiarto 9–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1984 Indonesia Open Indonesia Hastomo Arbi 15–5, 10–15, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1984 Victor Cup England Darren Hall 15–4, 15–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1985 Chinese Taipei Open India Prakash Padukone 5–15, 15–9, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1985 Scandinavian Open Denmark Morten Frost 5–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 Indonesia Open Indonesia Icuk Sugiarto 6–15, 4–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 Chinese Taipei Open Indonesia Icuk Sugiarto 8–15, 11–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 US Open Australia Sze Yu 15–11, 5–15, 16–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1981 Japan Open Indonesia Christian Hadinata Denmark Flemming Delfs
India Prakash Padukone 		15–4, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1982 Denmark Open Indonesia Christian Hadinata South Korea Park Joo-bong
South Korea Kim Moon-soo 		6–15, 11–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1982 Swedish Open Indonesia Christian Hadinata Sweden Thomas Kihlström
Sweden Stefan Karlsson 		15–11, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
1987 Canadian Open Indonesia Richard Mainaky South Korea Lee Deuk-choon
South Korea Lee Sang-bok 		15–11, 8–15, 13–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 US Open Indonesia Christian Hadinata Indonesia Liem Swie King
India Prakash Padukone 		7–15, 15–11, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion

References

  1. ^ "2nd World Championship." World Badminton, September 1980, 15.
  2. ^ Hans Christian Moller, "Substitute wins two events at the Swedish Open, Malmo." World Badminton, June 1981, 7.
  3. ^ Steve Baddeley, "Indonesian Open," World Badminton, September 1984, 3.
  4. ^ Steve Baddeley, "Chinese-Taipei Masters," World Badminton, March 1985, 21.
  5. ^ Ciro Ciniglio, "Korean girl is a new star," World Badminton, March 1981, 6, 7.
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