# Flandy Limpele

Flandy Limpele (born 9 February 1974) is an Indonesian former badminton player and coach. He competed in four Summer Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008.

## Career
### Player

A doubles specialist, at various times Limpele has focused on either men's doubles or mixed doubles during his long career in international badminton. His earliest appearances in the final rounds of major events came in mixed doubles in the mid-1990s. However, he first broke through internationally in men's doubles at the 1999 Korea Open with Eng Hian. His subsequent men's doubles titles, most of them with Hian, have included the Denmark (2000), Singapore (2002, 2006), Japan (2002), Bitburger (2002), and German (2003) Opens, and the Copenhagen Masters (2000, 2004). Hian and Limpele briefly represented England from 2001 until 2003. They later returned to represent Indonesia for 2004 Summer Olympics. Flandy and Eng were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2002, and bronze medalists at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
After 2004 Limpele gravitated back to mixed doubles. In 2006 he teamed with Vita Marissa to win a number of top tier events including the Singapore, Japan, French, and Chinese Taipei Opens, as well as the Southeast Asian Games title. They were bronze medalists at the 2007 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, and won the Badminton Asia Championships together in 2008.
Not an especially powerful hitter, Limpele's strengths have been his racket-work, tactical astuteness, and anticipation.

### Coaching

Flandy appointed as Malaysian men's doubles coach in 2020, replacing Paulus Firman.

### Participation at Indonesian Team

* 5 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007)
* 1 time at Thomas Cup (2004)

## Personal life

When he was young, he joined the SGS Bandung badminton club. His parents are Erik Limpele (father) and Nelcy Oroh (mother). His hobby is football. Normally people called him Flandy.

## Achievements
### Olympic Games

Men's doubles
2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles :
| Round | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| Bronze medal match | Eng Hian | Jens Eriksen [5] Martin Lundgaard Hansen | 15–13, 15–7 | Bronze |

### BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles
2007 BWF World Championships – Mixed doubles :
| Round | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| Semifinal | Vita Marissa | Zheng Bo [1] Gao Ling | 21–17, 19–21, 19–21 | Bronze |

### World Cup

Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1997 | Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Rosalina Riseu | Liu Yong Ge Fei | 15–12, 7–15, 2–15 | Bronze |
| 1996 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | Rosalina Riseu | Sandiarto Minarti Timur | 14–17, 7–15 | Silver |
| 1995 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | Rosalina Riseu | Kim Dong-moon Kim Shin-young | 15–9, 9–15, 14–17 | Bronze |

### World Senior Championships

Men's doubles
| Year | Age | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2015 | 35+ | Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg, Sweden | Tony Gunawan | Naruenart Chuaymak Apichai Thiraratsakul | 21–13, 21–9 | Gold |

### Asian Championships

Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2004 | Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Eng Hian | Candra Wijaya Halim Haryanto | 7–15, 11–15 | Bronze |
| 2003 | Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia | Eng Hian | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | 13–15, 15–11, 7–15 | Bronze |
| 1998 | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Eng Hian | Zhang Wei Zhang Jun | 15–17, 15–9, 12–15 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2008 | Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Vita Marissa | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir | 21–17, 21–17 | Gold |
| 1996 | Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia | Rosalina Riseu | Kang Kyung-jin Kim Mee-hyang | 15–2, 7–15, 10–15 | Bronze |

### SEA Games

Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1999 | Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | Eng Hian | Pramote Teerawiwatana Tesana Panvisvas | 8–15, 15–8, 13–15 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2007 | Wongchawalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | Vita Marissa | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 21–14, 21–15 | Gold |

### BWF Superseries (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2008 | Korea Open | Vita Marissa | Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung | 21–15, 14–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2007 | French Open | Vita Marissa | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen | 21–11, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2007 | Singapore Open | Vita Marissa | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 21–14, 21–13 | Winner |
    Superseries tournament

### BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2006 | Singapore Open | Sigit Budiarto | Thomas Laybourn Lars Paaske | 21–8, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2005 | Swiss Open | Eng Hian | Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto | 15–8, 11–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |
| 2003 | Chinese Taipei Open | Eng Hian | Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon | 4–15, 1–15 | Runner-up |
| 2003 | German Open | Eng Hian | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | 9–15, 15–8, 15–4 | Winner |
| 2003 | Japan Open | Eng Hian | Cheng Rui Chen Qiqiu | 15–5, 15–12 | Winner |
| 2003 | Swiss Open | Eng Hian | Cheng Rui Chen Qiqiu | 10–15, 15–5, 15–1 | Winner |
| 2002 | All England Open | Eng Hian | Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon | 2–7, 2–7, 7–1, 3–7 | Runner-up |
| 2002 | Indonesia Open | Eng Hian | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | 10–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |
| 2002 | Singapore Open | Eng Hian | Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon | 15–8, 11–15, 17–14 | Winner |
| 2000 | Malaysia Open | Eng Hian | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | 15–9, 15–9 | Winner |
| 2000 | Denmark Open | Eng Hian | Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen | 15–13, 15–10 | Winner |
| 2000 | Indonesia Open | Eng Hian | Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya | 17–14, 6–15, 8–15 | Runner-up |
| 1999 | Malaysia Open | Eng Hian | Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya | 6–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |
| 1999 | Korea Open | Eng Hian | Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen | 15–6, 15–7 | Winner |
| 1998 | Denmark Open | Eng Hian | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | 11–15, 6–15 | Runner-up |
| 1998 | Indonesia Open | Eng Hian | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | 5–15, 4–15 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2009 | Vietnam Open | Cheng Wen-hsing | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying | 25–23, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2009 | India Open | Vita Marissa | V. Diju Jwala Gutta | 21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2007 | Chinese Taipei Open | Vita Marissa | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 21–18, 25–23 | Winner |
| 2006 | Japan Open | Vita Marissa | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir | 11–21, 21–18, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2006 | Dutch Open | Vita Marissa | Robert Blair Jenny Wallwork | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 1997 | Swiss Open | Minarti Timur | Liu Yong Ge Fei | 9–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |
| 1997 | Polish Open | Eti Tantra | Imam Tohari Emma Ermawati | 15–7, 15–6 | Winner |
| 1996 | Thailand Open | Rosalina Riseu | Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur | 5–15, 7–15 | Runner-up |
| 1996 | Indonesia Open | Rosalina Riseu | Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur | 8–15, 1–15 | Runner-up |
| 1995 | Denmark Open | Rosalina Riseu | Chen Xingdong Peng Xinyong | 15–3, 10–15, 12–15 | Runner-up |
| 1995 | Indonesia Open | Rosalina Riseu | Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur | 10–15, 5–15 | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Dutch Open | Dede Hasanah | Chris Hunt Gillian Gowers | 5–15, 4–15 | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Indonesia Open | Dede Hasanah | Jiang Xin Zhang Jin | 3–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |
    BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
    BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2002 | BMW Open International | Simon Archer | Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson | 15–5, 17–14 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2009 | White Nights | Anastasia Russkikh | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova | 21–14, 25–23 | Winner |
| 1994 | Polish International | Dede Hasanah | Vitaliy Shmakov Svetlana Szumska | 15–3, 15–3 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series & Asian Satellite tournament

## Performance timeline
### Indonesian team

* Senior level
| Team Events | 1999 | 2007 |
| Southeast Asian Games | Gold | Gold |
| Team Events | 2004 |
| Thomas Cup | Bronze |
| Team Events | 1997 | 2005 | 2007 |
| Sudirman Cup | Bronze | Silver | Silver |

### Individual competitions

* Senior level
| Event | 1999 | 2007 |
| Southeast Asian Games | Silver (MD) | Gold (XD) |
| Event | 1996 | 1998 | 2003 | 2004 | 2008 |
| Asia Championships | Bronze (XD) | Bronze (MD) | Bronze (MD) | Bronze (MD) | Gold (XD) |
| Event | 1996 |
| World Cup | Silver (XD) |
| Event | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| World Championships | R3 (XD) | R2 (XD) | QF (MD) | R1 (MD) | A | QF (MD) | A | Bronze (XD) |
| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
| Olympics | QF (XD) | QF (MD) | Bronze (MD) | 4th (XD) |
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Best |
| BWF Super Series |||||||
| All England Open | R2 (XD) | R1 (XD) | SF (XD) | A | A | F (2002) |
| Swiss Open | | QF (XD) | R1 (XD) | A | GPG | W (2003) |
| Malaysia Open | QF (XD) | R1 (XD) | A | QF (XD) | R1 (MD) | F (1999, 2000) |
| Singapore Open | W (XD) | | A | A | A | W (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| Indonesia Open | R1 (XD) | SF (XD) | R1 (XD) | R1 (XD) | A | F (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Korea Open | | F (XD) | R1 (XD) | SF (XD) | R2 (MD) | W (1999) |
| Japan Open | QF (XD) | QF (XD) | R2 (MD) | R1 (XD) | A | W (2003, 2006) |
| Denmark Open | QF (XD) | A | A | R1 (MD) | A | W (2000) |
| French Open | W (XD) | R1 (XD) | A | QF (MD) | A | W (2007) |
| BWF Superseries Finals | — | GS (XD) | NQ | NQ | NQ | GS (2008) |
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Best |
| BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold ||||||||||||||||||||
| All England Open | | | | | | | | SF (MD) | F (MD) | QF (MD) R2 (XD) | SF (MD) | QF (MD) | A | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | F (2002) |
| Chinese Taipei Open | | | | | — | | | — | | F (MD) | | | | W (XD) | | | A | A | W (2007) |
| Denmark Open | | F (XD) | | | F (MD) | QF (MD) | W (MD) | SF (MD) | | | | A | QF (XD) | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | W (2000) |
| Dutch Open | F (XD) | — | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | F (XD) | | | A | A | A | F (1994, 2006) |
| German Open | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | W (MD) | | | | A | A | QF (MD) SF (XD) | A | R1 (MD) | W (2003) |
| India Open | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A | W (XD) | A | SS | W (2009) |
| Indonesia Open | R2 (MD) F (XD) | F (XD) | F (XD) | | F (MD) | QF (MD) | F (MD) | | F (MD) | | SF (MD) | | R2 (MD) | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | F (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Japan Open | | | | | | | | | | W (MD) | | | W (XD) | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | W (2003, 2006) |
| Korea Open | | | | | — | W (MD) | | | | | | | | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | W (1999) |
| Malaysia Open | | | | | | F (MD) | F (MD) | | | | | | | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | F (1999, 2000) |
| Polish Open | W (XD) | | | W (XD) | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | W (1994, 1997) |
| Singapore Open | | | — | | | | — | | W (MD) | | | | W (MD) | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | W (2002, 2006) |
| Swiss Open | | | | F (XD) | | | | | | W (MD) | | F (MD) | | SS | SS | SS | SS | A | W (2003) |
| Thailand Open | | | F (XD) | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | F (1996) |
| Vietnam Open | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | W (XD) | | | W (2009) |
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Best |