event weight birth_place height handedness birth_date article_title
men 's singles 70 kg surakarta , central java 173 cm -lrb- 5 ' 8 '' -rrb- right 4 october 1962 icuk sugiarto

icuk sugiarto

icuk sugiarto -lrb- born october 4 , 1962 in surakarta , central java -rrb- is a former indonesian badminton player who rated among the world 's best singles players during the 1980s .
largely a speed and power player , sugiarto won the gold medal at the 1983 ibf world championships , upsetting fellow countryman liem swie king in the final , and the bronze medal at the 1987 and 1989 ibf world championships .
he captured singles titles at the indonesia -lrb- 1982 , 1986 , 1988 -rrb- , malaysia -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , thailand -lrb- 1984 , 1985 -rrb- , french -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , and hong kong -lrb- 1988 -rrb- opens ; at the badminton world cup -lrb- 1985 , 1986 -rrb- ; and at the southeast asian games -lrb- three consecutive times -rrb- in 1985 , 1987 , and 1989 .
at nineteen , he shared the 1982 asian games men 's doubles title with doubles maestro christian hadinata .
sugiarto was a member of indonesia 's world champion thomas cup -lrb- men 's international -rrb- team of 1984 .
icuk is well known for his rally game , with accurate lobs and dropshots that unsettling and quite exhausting for his opponents , relying on his over average fitness and defense .
