Simon
Santoso was born in Tegal, Central Java, July 29, 1985 is male badminton player
from Indonesia. When he was young, he joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the
Indonesian National team PBSI. In 2005 he won theRobot HCMC Vietnam
Satellite and the silver
medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.
His
best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the
Singapore (2008), Swiss (2007), and Indonesia Super Series
(2008) events. He was also a semi-finalist at the Japan Open Super Series (2007) and the Chinese Taipei Open (2007). In September 2008, Santoso won
the Chinese Taipei Open after
defeating Roslin Hashim from
Malaysia in the final round by
scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10. In October 2009, he won his first Super Series
ever in Denmark Open Super Series, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21-14, 21-6.
He
won gold in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro. In
2011, He retained his gold medal in 2011 Southeast Asian Games by beating Tanongsak
Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets. In 2012, He helped Indonesia Garuda to win the
inaugural Axiata cup 2012.Simon is the youngest of four children
of Hosea Liem (father) and Rahel Yanti (mother).
His hobbies are swimming and reading comics.
Participation at Indonesian Team
- 3 times at Sudirman Cup (2005, 2007, 2011)
- 4 times at Thomas Cup (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
