Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (
Chinese: 李英華;
pinyin: Lǐ yīnghuá; born March 7, 1960) is an Indonesian former
badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.
Early life
She was born in
Bandung,
Indonesia on 7 March 1960.[1] She came from a poor family; her mother was a dressmaker. She became interested in badminton during her childhood; she won a Junior Championship in
West Java in 1975.
Career
In the
1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta she earned a silver medal in women's singles, losing the final to fellow countrywoman
Verawaty Wiharjo, after defeating defending champion
Lene Køppen in the semifinal.[2] She won singles at the
Taiwan Open in 1982, the
Indonesia Open and the
Southeast Asian Games in 1983, and at the Chinese Taipei Masters Invitation in 1984. She was runner-up at the 1984
World Badminton Grand Prix to China's formidable
Han Aiping. Though primarily a singles player early in her career, she eventually achieved success in the other games; winning mixed doubles at the quadrennial
Asian Games (1982), the
Badminton World Cup (1983), and the Indonesia (1983, 1984) and
U.S. (1988) Opens, all with
Christian Hadinata; and winning the Indonesia Open twice (1986, 1987), the first
China Open (1986), and reaching the final of the World Badminton Grand Prix (1986) in women's doubles . She played on four
Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) squads, three of which (
1978,
1981, and
1986) finished second in this world team competition. Attractive and popular, she became a badminton commentator after her playing career was over.[citation needed]
Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (
Chinese: 李英華;
pinyin: Lǐ yīnghuá; born March 7, 1960) is an Indonesian former
badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.
Early life
She was born in
Bandung,
Indonesia on 7 March 1960.[1] She came from a poor family; her mother was a dressmaker. She became interested in badminton during her childhood; she won a Junior Championship in
West Java in 1975.
Career
In the
1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta she earned a silver medal in women's singles, losing the final to fellow countrywoman
Verawaty Wiharjo, after defeating defending champion
Lene Køppen in the semifinal.[2] She won singles at the
Taiwan Open in 1982, the
Indonesia Open and the
Southeast Asian Games in 1983, and at the Chinese Taipei Masters Invitation in 1984. She was runner-up at the 1984
World Badminton Grand Prix to China's formidable
Han Aiping. Though primarily a singles player early in her career, she eventually achieved success in the other games; winning mixed doubles at the quadrennial
Asian Games (1982), the
Badminton World Cup (1983), and the Indonesia (1983, 1984) and
U.S. (1988) Opens, all with
Christian Hadinata; and winning the Indonesia Open twice (1986, 1987), the first
China Open (1986), and reaching the final of the World Badminton Grand Prix (1986) in women's doubles . She played on four
Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) squads, three of which (
1978,
1981, and
1986) finished second in this world team competition. Attractive and popular, she became a badminton commentator after her playing career was over.[citation needed]