Greysia Polii

Greysia Polii (born: ) is an Indonesian badminton player and YouTuber specializing in the women's doubles cateogry. She is most notably known for being the first Indonesian women's double pair to win a gold medal during the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside her partner, Apriyani Rahayu. 
== Family & Early Life == 
Greysia Polii was born in Jakarta to Willy Polii and Evie Pakasi, both of Minahasa descent native to North Sulawesi. She is the third of five siblings. She lived in Jakarta until her dad passed away when she was only 2, and moved to Manado, where she spent her childhood. She was influenced to play badminton by her sister, and by former national player Deyana Lomban. Her talent was already apparent by the time she was six years old. Recognizing her talent, she and her mother moved back to Jakarta in 1995 for better training and a chance to develop her career as a badminton player, joining the Jaya Raya Jakarta club. She idolized Susi Susanti and Zhang Ning. At the club, her coach Retno Kustijah noticed her talent as a doubles player, and when Polii was 14, she made the decision to switch from singles to doubles. She made it to the national team in 2003
== YouTube History == 
She created her account on January 7, 2008 and uploaded her first video titled "Malam Biru-sandy sondhoro cover by greysia polii & anastasia pingkan" which is Polii playing the guitar with her friend. She then made several other videos which is her singing while playing the guitar after she uploaded his first video. Polii went on a long hiatus on YouTube, this is most likely due to her focusing her career as a professional badminton player. 
She returned YouTube on January 11, 2019 by uploading her first video titled "Scuba diving dan Free diving di teluk Tomini, Gorontalo, Indonesia" since her last upload in 2014. She started uploading vlogs to her channel with some videos having her friends or teammates included. At that time, her most viewed video was her vlog trip to Nanjing, China for the 2019 Sudirman Cup titled "Badminton - Team Indonesia goes to Nanning for Sudirman Cup 2019." having over 700K+ views. 
After winning the gold medal in the women's double category during the 2020 Summer Olmpics, she made videos talking about her feelings when she won the gold medal during it. After that, she continued making vlogs and interviews. 
== Trivia == 
* Her highest ranking in her badminton career is No. 2 during the 2016 season with her partner, Meiliana Jauhari.
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