He is one of the young double players of Indonesia. He plays with Yoga Ukikasah. Birth on November 21st, 1985
Rian Sukmawan has left Pelatnas early this year and he's now back at Djarum. His new partner is Eng Hian, who also left Pelatnas. I watched them during the SO Round 1/16 match against CCM/KKK. Not too bad...as they managed to win one set, however, they are still new and we will see if Djarum continues to send them for overseas tournaments.
i happened to be a filipino fan of him.. see him play in phil. open last may. what does it means if you are from pelatnas of djarum? i mean what's the difference? thanks. and more info about him? thankz..
Djarum is a corporate sponsored club by Djarum, a famous cigarette manufacturer in Indonesia. I beleive Djarum is owned by the Sampoerna family who is like one of the richest man in Indonesia like the Wal Mart family here in the USA. In Indonesia similar to Japan, big corporations have their own badminton team whom they sponsor. And their team will play against other corporate teams throughout the year. And Djarum team is considered to be the best producing players in the nations. That is why most of the National Players are actually fed by this Djarum club. IN fact, because of the fame of producing top world class players, Djarum has now just open up the world class training center in Kudus, Indonesia where even foreign players can go there to train. The facility is also world class with full air conditioned, and rooms for player dorms.
One of Rian's best friends told me that he's pretty quiet and shy... I met him and other Indonesian players in Denmark Open last week... A few photos here (not from DO though):
hehe...only know about Rian (braces guy!!!) through yannie!!! Hopefully Eng Hian can guide him properly. He's still young. Go check out his friendster's page for more pix. =)
wei, what's wrong with braces? boonsak had braces too *ha... yeah still young, but not THAT junior young again...
Two more pics of Rian/Eng Hian in Dutch Open SF... And as the GTC thread I think this thread should be renamed to Rian Sukmawan...
is that really his friendster? Is that the true friendster of him? Because I know some players have friendsters account as well, but all are vague. So, is this really Rian Sukmawan himself? chyvin, can you confirm this? or anyone?
