46 Facts About Liliyana Natsir

Liliyana Natsir was born on 9 September 1985 and is an Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles.

Liliyana Natsir is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock.

Liliyana Natsir's achievements are recognized worldwide, and was inducted in the BWF Hall of Fame in 2022.

Liliyana Natsir was ranked world number 1 in the mixed doubles with two different partner.

Liliyana Natsir was then paired with Tontowi Ahmad and the two quickly established a strong partnership.

Liliyana Natsir was the second Indonesian woman Olympic gold medalist, after Susi Susanti in 1992, and is later succeeded by Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu in 2021.

Liliyana Natsir holds the highest number of BWF World Championship titles for mixed doubles.

Liliyana Natsir had dreamed of being a badminton athlete since childhood.

Liliyana Natsir started playing badminton at the age of nine at her local badminton club, PB Pisok, in Manado.

Liliyana Natsir joined the national badminton team of Indonesia in 2002 together with Natalia Christine Poluakan, her longtime friend from Manado.

Liliyana Natsir first entered the international stage at the 2001 Asian Junior Championships in Taipei Taiwan, where she and her teammates won the bronze medal in the girls' team event.

Liliyana Natsir played at her first Indonesia Open with Poluakan, but the duo was stopped in the first round.

Liliyana Natsir claimed three bronze medals in the mixed team, girls' doubles and mixed doubles at the World Junior Championships.

In 2003, Liliyana Natsir focused on playing in the women's doubles.

Liliyana Natsir started her journey in the IBF Grand Prix event with partner Eny Erlangga, but the duo did not gave a satisfactory results since they only finished the tournaments in the early round.

Liliyana Natsir made her debut at the World Championships with Devi Sukma Wijaya, but was stopped in the second round.

In December, Liliyana Natsir took part at the 2003 SEA Games in Vietnam, and won a silver in the women's doubles and a bronze in the team event.

From January to October 2004, Liliyana Natsir competed in the women's doubles with different partners; Poluakan, Erlangga, Rintan Apriliana, and Greysia Polii.

Liliyana Natsir was able to go further when paired with Polii, when the duo finished as quarter-finalist in the Malaysia Open.

Liliyana Natsir then competed in the Pekan Olahraga Nasional, where she and her partner, Poluakan, won a gold medal for their hometown of North Sulawesi.

Liliyana Natsir then made her debut in the mixed doubles with Nova Widianto and reached the semi-finals in the China Open.

Liliyana Natsir encountered half of the 2005 season without any titles.

Liliyana Natsir took part in the Sudirman Cup, where Indonesia team finished as finalists against China.

Liliyana Natsir played for Indonesia women's team squad in the qualification for the Uber Cup, but the team did not advance to the women's team championships.

Liliyana Natsir competed in the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, but unable to contribute medals to her country.

Liliyana Natsir then made her third appearance at the Sudirman Cup, but Indonesia team still unable to lifted the trophy from the defending champion China.

Liliyana Natsir began the 2008 season playing at the Malaysia and Korea Open in January.

At the Asian Championships in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Liliyana Natsir clinched a silver in the mixed doubles and a bronze in the women's doubles.

Together with Indonesia women's team squad, Liliyana Natsir helped the team reach the final of the Uber Cup.

Liliyana Natsir then won the women's doubles title with Marissa at the Indonesia Open.

Liliyana Natsir competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto and earned a silver medal.

Liliyana Natsir competed in the women's doubles event with Vita Marissa but lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China in the first round.

Liliyana Natsir opened the 2009 season by winning the Malaysia Open in the mixed doubles event with Nova Widianto.

When this decision came out, Marissa and Liliyana Natsir had to split up and each focus on their own careers.

Liliyana Natsir then participated in her fourth Southeast Asian Games, winning a gold medal in the mixed doubles with Widianto and a silver in the women's team.

Liliyana Natsir started the 2010 season in the Malaysia Open with her partner Nova Widianto.

Liliyana Natsir tried partnership with Devin Lahardi Fitriawan, which according to national coach, Richard Mainaky, Fitriawan was able to equal Liliyana Natsir's abilities.

Liliyana Natsir opened the 2011 season with Tontowi Ahmad with unsatisfactory results.

Liliyana Natsir competed at the 2011 SEA Games, won a gold medal in the mixed doubles with Ahmad, and a silver with Indonesia women's team.

Liliyana Natsir competed in the mixed doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics with partner Tontowi Ahmad as fourth seed.

Liliyana Natsir won the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou together with her partner Tontowi Ahmad, after beating then-No 1 world ranked Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei in the semifinal and the top seed Xu Chen and Ma Jin in the final.

Liliyana Natsir won the All England Open for three consecutive times from 2012 to 2014.

Liliyana Natsir participated at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and won a silver medal in mixed doubles with Ahmad.

Liliyana Natsir competed in mixed doubles in 2016 with partner Tontowi Ahmad and won the gold medal in the end.

Liliyana Natsir has won many Superseries titles with some partners such as Nova Widianto, Vita Marissa, and Tontowi Ahmad.

Liliyana Natsir is a daughter of Beno Liliyana Natsir and Olly Maramis.