We are the Smash Family (taken from Bola)

**badMania** · 10-27-2005, 08:46 AM

Here's the relationship between the various past and current Indonesian badminton players:

Siblings:
Hastomo Arbi, Eddy Hartono, Hariyanto Arbi
Markis Kido, Bona Septano, Pia Zebadiah
Candra Wijaya, Rendra Wijaya (junior double players), Sandrawati Wijaya (yet to be in Pelatnas)
the Mainaky brothers (Karel, Marleve, Rexy, Reony, Richard)
Alan Budikusuma, Yohan Hadikusuma Wiratama (now representing HKG)

Brother-in-Law:
Hendrawan and Hendra Setiawan (Hendrawan married Hendra's sister, Silvi Anggriani which was also a former Pelatnas player)
Candra Wijaya and Ronald Susilo (Candra married Ronald's sister, Caroline Indriani)
Christian Hadinata and Rudi Hartono

(this is the biggest surprise....the maestros' wives are actually sisters, Yoke Anwar and Jane Anwar!!)

Some relation:
Candra Wijaya and Hariyanto Arbi (Candra's brother, Indra Wijaya married the sister of Hariyanto Arbi's wife)

Anybody can contribute more to this list?

**Eurasian =--(O)** · 10-27-2005, 12:21 PM

wow. biggest badminton powerhouse family ever in the world.... actually

**ants** · 10-27-2005, 03:13 PM

Yeah... sounds confusing also..

**DinkAlot** · 10-27-2005, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Eurasian =--(O)

wow. biggest badminton powerhouse family ever in the world.... actually

EvAR, period. Quite unbelievable.

**Eurasian =--(O)** · 10-27-2005, 06:18 PM

lol now they just need to marry someone off to peter gade

**DinkAlot** · 10-27-2005, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Eurasian =--(O)

lol now they just need to marry someone off to peter gade

Taufik!!!

**Sandy** · 10-28-2005, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by badMania

Christian Hadinata and Rudi Hartono

(this is the biggest surprise....the maestros' wives are actually sisters, Yoke Anwar and Jane Anwar!!)

added
Imelda Kurniawan married with Ferry Kurniawan (Rudi Hartono's brother)

**sugar_free** · 10-28-2005, 07:55 AM

My dad told me that Rudi Hartono's sister (which is also a former player from PELATNAS) married to a Canadian badminton player. So besides Indonesian players, Rudi is also related with an ex-Canadian badminton player. That's why Bola called it 'We are the smash family'...

**harimau** · 10-28-2005, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by sugar_free

My dad told me that Rudi Hartono's sister (which is also a former player from PELATNAS) married to a Canadian badminton player. So besides Indonesian players, Rudi is also related with an ex-Canadian badminton player. That's why Bola called it 'We are the smash family'...

Halim Haryanto's wife father is ex-double player, Kartono.

**harimau** · 10-28-2005, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by harimau

Halim Haryanto's wife father is ex-double player, Kartono.

Rudy Hartono's sister, Dewi Utami married to US No 1 single, Chris Kenard.

**Quasimodo** · 10-28-2005, 09:57 AM

Father-Son:
Icuk Sugiarto/Tommy Sugiarto.

There's got to be more parent-children relationships than this one?

**sugar_free** · 10-29-2005, 01:12 AM

If I'm not mistaken, Hermawan Susanto, Bronze medalist in Barcelona 1992, is Liem Swie King's nephew. Father and son relationship isn't as many as husband and wife relationship in Indonesian badminton...

**aiyuuw** · 10-29-2005, 07:25 PM

how come nobody mentioned susi susanti and alan budikusuma --- the golden couple, (well, yea, theres alan and his siblings,,but not his marriage with susi)

**coryprice** · 10-29-2005, 07:46 PM

[QUOTE=badMania]Here's the relationship between the various past and current Indonesian badminton players:

....
Brother-in-Law:
Hendrawan and Hendra Setiawan (Hendrawan married Hendra's sister, Silvi Anggriani which was also a former Pelatnas player)
Candra Wijaya and Ronald Susilo (Candra married Ronald's sister, Caroline Indriani).... [QUOTE]

Sometimes I get confused when I hear something like Suzie's brother johnnie's wife's second cousin is related to her niece's mother's uncles son :-) ... so I'm askind this with some hesitation, but here goes:

Wouldn't the wife of Candra Wijaya (if he married Caroline Indriana like it says) be named with the same last name? ie. Caroline Wijaya...? Or maybe they don't do that in Indonesia?

Btw, is Ronald Susilo originally from Indonesia? And didn't he use to play for the U.S.?

Cory

**badMania** · 10-29-2005, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by coryprice

Wouldn't the wife of Candra Wijaya (if he married Caroline Indriana like it says) be named with the same last name? ie. Caroline Wijaya...? Or maybe they don't do that in Indonesia?

Btw, is Ronald Susilo originally from Indonesia? And didn't he use to play for the U.S.?

As far as I know, I don't think we follow the practice of changing the bride's surname to follow the groom's. Married women still retained their surname, eg: Susi Susanti, Megawati Soekarnoputri (ex-president), Yayuk Basuki (the famous tennis player), etc.

Ronald has been studying in Singapore since he was young and yes, he was from Indonesia. I believe he has converted his nationalities to be a Singaporean few years ago. And he hasn't played for the U.S. team before.