Verawaty Fadjrin (; 1 October 1957 – 21 November 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player who won international titles spanning from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Tall and powerful, at one time or another she played each of the three variations of the sport (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) at the highest world level.

Career

During a relatively brief period as a regular singles competitor, Fadjrin won the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta over fellow countrywoman Ivana Lie. She had been runner-up to Denmark's Lene Køppen at the All England Open Championships that year. She won the Southeast Asian Games title in 1981 and the Indonesia Open in 1982. Most of her early titles in women's doubles were in partnership with Imelda Wiguno. Together, they won the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1979), the Canadian Open (1979), the All England (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1981). They were runners-up at the World Championships in 1980, and Fadjrin was runner-up at the 1982 All England with another fellow countrywoman Ruth Damayanti.

Verawaty Fadjrin

Following a hiatus in her international badminton career from 1983 to 1985, Fadjrin enjoyed impressive success in her late twenties and early thirties. She shared the women's doubles title at the Indonesia Open in 1986 and 1988, and finished second with Ivana Lie at the World Grand Prix Finals in 1986. Her greatest success late in her career, however, came in mixed doubles, which she had rarely played earlier. She won the 1986 and 1988 Malaysia Opens with Bobby Ertanto and Eddy Hartono respectively. In 1989, Fadjrin and Hartono won the World Grand Prix Finals, and the Dutch and Indonesia Opens together. They also reached the final round of the 1989 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, but could not overcome South Korea's Chung Myung-hee and the formidable Park Joo-bong.

Verawaty Fadjrin

Fadjrin led Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) teams that finished second to Japan in 1978 and 1981, and to China in 1986. Of the seven matches won and the fourteen matches lost by Indonesia, collectively, in the final rounds of these three competitions, she was involved in six of the wins and only three of the losses. She also helped Indonesia win the Sudirman Cup (combined men's and women's team championship) over South Korea in 1989, her final year of international play.

Verawaty Fadjrin

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

World Cup

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

SEA Games

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

International tournaments

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

Invitational tournaments

Women's singles

Women's doubles

References

Sources

Smash - Verawaty Fadjrin

1957 births

2021 deaths

Badminton players from Jakarta

Indonesian female badminton players

Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games

Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games

Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games

Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games

Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia

Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia

Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia

Asian Games medalists in badminton

Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games

Competitors at the 1977 SEA Games

Competitors at the 1979 SEA Games

Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games

Competitors at the 1985 SEA Games

Competitors at the 1987 SEA Games

Competitors at the 1989 SEA Games

SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia

SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia

SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia

SEA Games medalists in badminton

21st-century Indonesian women

20th-century Indonesian women