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Ronald Susilo

Ronald Susilo (Chinese: 林香文; pinyin: Lín Xiāng Wén; born 6 June 1979) is a Singaporean former badminton player. Susilo was ranked sixth, his highest ranking, in 2004.

Susilo started his badminton career at age 19 and had represented Singapore since 2002. He represented Singapore in two Olympics, the 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was the flag-bearer for Singapore at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

He retired in 2010 before coming out of retirement in 2014 to participate in the 2015 SEA Games.

Susilo studied at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) located in Dover, Singapore for his secondary education under a scholarship. He joined the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) at the age of 19. He is of Chinese Indonesian descent.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Susilo won the silver medal at the mixed team event. He won the bronze medals in both the men’s team and singles at the 2003 SEA Games. Susilo reached the final four at the All-England Open in 2004 before clinching the Japan Open title.

During the 2004 Summer Olympics, Susilo defeated number 1 seed Lin Dan of China and Björn Joppien of Germany in the first two rounds. In the quarter-finals, Susilo was defeated by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 15–10, 15–1. This is the best achievement by a badminton singles player from Singapore in the Olympic Games.

Susilo was ranked sixth, his highest ranking, in 2004.

In 2004 and 2007, he won the Singaporean National Badminton Championships.

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