Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti (Tasikmalaya, West Java, 11 February 1971) is a former Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. Her name is sometimes spelled Susy Susanti.
She won the gold medal in the women's singles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona (Spain) and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (United States). She stopped badminton in 1997 and married Alan Budikusuma on February 9, 1997, also a gold medal was dragged at the Summer Olympics of 1992.
Susanti is often considered the best female Indonesian badminton player ever, because she dominated the women's badminton from the beginning to mid 90s. She won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix from 1990 to 1994, and the World Badminton in 1993. They also brought the team so far to the Indonesian Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996. She was honored in the Hall of Fame of the Badminton World Federation in May 2004, and received the Herbert Scheele Trophy in 2002. She won the Japan Open three times and won the Grand Prix Series in Bali in 1990.
After her rest she and her husband ran a badminton racquet company, namely Alan Susy Technology (Astec). Susy and Alan have three children: Lourencia Averina (born 1999), Albert Edward (born 2000) and Sebastian Frederick (born 2003). Together with Alan, she led a badminton area in North Jakarta.
She won the gold medal in the women's singles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona (Spain) and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (United States). She stopped badminton in 1997 and married Alan Budikusuma on February 9, 1997, also a gold medal was dragged at the Summer Olympics of 1992.
Susanti is often considered the best female Indonesian badminton player ever, because she dominated the women's badminton from the beginning to mid 90s. She won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix from 1990 to 1994, and the World Badminton in 1993. They also brought the team so far to the Indonesian Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996. She was honored in the Hall of Fame of the Badminton World Federation in May 2004, and received the Herbert Scheele Trophy in 2002. She won the Japan Open three times and won the Grand Prix Series in Bali in 1990.
After her rest she and her husband ran a badminton racquet company, namely Alan Susy Technology (Astec). Susy and Alan have three children: Lourencia Averina (born 1999), Albert Edward (born 2000) and Sebastian Frederick (born 2003). Together with Alan, she led a badminton area in North Jakarta.
