George Rimarcdi

George Rimarcdi
Personal information
Country	Indonesia Sweden
Born	(1975-03-01) 1 March 1975 (age 49) Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Event	Men's singles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia World Junior Championships 1992 Jakarta Boys' singles
BWF profile

George Rimarcdi (born 1 March 1975) is an Indonesian-born Swedish retired badminton player. He represented Indonesia at the 1992 World Junior Championships, clinched a silver medal in the boys' singles event,[1] and in 1997 he won a men's singles title at the Indonesia National Championships.[2] He moved to Sweden since 1999, competed in the national event for Uppsala team.[3] Rimarcdi won five Swedish National Championships titles, four in the singles, and once in the doubles events.[4] After ending his career in Sweden, he returned to Indonesia and started a career as a coach in Exist club.[5] He is currently a men's single coach for Indonesian national pratama (junior) team.[6]

Personal life

Rimarcdi was born in Bandung, to parents Risyan and Vera Paraida. At first, his father named him Rimarcdi because he was born in March, but later his mother added George as his first name, referred to American famous and great people who have the name George, like George W. Bush. He began to play badminton at aged ten, joined pusdiklat BM–77 in 1984, pusdiklat SGS under coach Iie Sumirat and Edy Ismanto in 1988, and then in Hadtex. After graduating from senior high school in 1994, his talent scouted by Indonesia national team.[7]

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sun Jun	9–15, 11–15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	French Open	Tomas Johansson	10–15, 15–9, 15–4	Winner
1995	Hamburg Cup	Marleve Mainaky	9–15, 15–7, 15–12	Winner
2000	Denmark Open	Peter Gade	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Indonesia International	Agus Hariyanto	15–17, 15–14, 15–8	Winner
2002	Norwegian International	Kasperi Salo	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2003	Finnish International	Kasperi Salo	3–7 retired	Runner-up
2003	Bitburger International	Dicky Palyama	2–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2006	Hungarian International	Kasper Ipsen	21–18, 10–21, 21–17	Winner

References

1. "乔治·里玛兹迪 George Rimarcdi" (in Chinese). Badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
2. "Indonesian Championships: Rimarcdi wins crown over a tired Arbi". New Shuttlenws. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
3. "Sara pallade för pressen i badminton-SM" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
4. "Svenska mästerskap senior" (in Swedish). Badminton Sweden. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
5. "PB Exist yang Semakin Eksis" (in Indonesian). RRI. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
6. "Daftar Pelatih Pelatnas Cipayung PBSI 2023: Irwansyah Naik Pangkat". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
7. "George Dari Pelatnas Ke Pelatnas". Kompas (in Indonesian). 4 November 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

External links

• George Rimarcdi at BWFBadminton.com
• George Rimarcdi at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)