Iie Sumirat


Iie Sumirat is a former badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

Sumirat was one of Indonesia's leading singles players during the 1970s, when it dominated men's international competition while China was still absent from IBF sanctioned play. As fellow countryman Rudy Hartono was winning his eighth All-England Championship in March 1976, the hard smashing Sumirat was winning the Asian Invitation Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, edging aging Chinese badminton legend Hou Jiachang in the final. In the first IBF World Championships in 1977 Sumirat reached the semifinal round but was defeated by the eventual winner Flemming Delfs. Sumirat played on the world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams of 1976 and 1979, splitting duty at second singles behind Hartono in '76, and playing second singles behind Liem Swie King on a '79 team which shut out its semifinal and final round opponents.
Sumirat coached after his high level playing career ended. He helped Taufik Hidayat, in particular, learn his deceptive net play.

Achievements

IBF World Championships

Men's Singles
Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1979Tokyo, Japan Liem Swie King8–15, 8–15 Silver

Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1978Bangkok, Thailand Bronze

Open Tournaments

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1972Singapore Open Tan Aik Mong15–5, 15–11 Champion
1972Jakarta Open Rudy Hartono4–15, 5–15 Runner-up
1973Singapore Open Tjun Tjun15–3, 15–14 Champion
1976Asian Invitation Championships Hou Jiachang12–15, 15–8, 18–15 Champion
1980Chinese Taipei Open Flemming Delfs7–15, 15-8, 16–18 Runner-up

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1974Singapore Open Nara Sudjana Indratno
Indra Gunawan		10–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1974Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Tjun Tjun
Johan Wahjudi		 Runner-up