Cynthia Tuwankotta

Cynthia Tuwankotta (born 28 June 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player who later represented Switzerland.^[1] Tuwankotta started playing badminton at aged six, and she won the junior title at her hometown Maluku when she was ten. She then selected to join Indonesia national team in 1994, and was part of the team for 6 years. In 2000, she moved to Switzerland and was part of the national team from 2000–2009.^[2] She reached a career high as world number 6 in the women's doubles world ranking.^[2][3] Tuwankotta competed for Indonesia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles event partnered with Etty Tantri.^[4] After retiring from the badminton tournament, she became a badminton coach in Switzerland and France, and also found a Tuwankotta's Badminton Coaches and Tour in Indonesia.^[2]

Cynthia Tuwankotta
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1977-06-28) 28 June 1977 (age 48) Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Indonesia Sudirman Cup 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Championships 1997 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 1999 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's doubles 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Etty Tantri	Ge Fei Gu Jun	7–15, 6–15	Bronze
1997	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Etty Tantri	Liu Lu Qian Hong	10–15, 9–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Etty Tantri	Emma Ermawati Indarti Issolina	17–15, 15–6	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	India Open	Etty Tantri	Choi Ma-ree Lee Soon-deuk	15–8, 14–17, 15–5	Winner
1997	Polish Open	Etty Tantri	Chen Li-chin Tsai Hui-min	12–15, 15–8, 15–9	Winner

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	French International	Etty Tantri	Ella Miles Sara Sankey	14–17, 15–3, 15–7	Winner
2001	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Fabienne Baumeyer	Anna Larchenko Oksana Larchenko	7–2, 7–5, 7–1	Winner
2006	Austrian International	Atu Rosalina	Sandra Marinello Kathrin Piotrowski	11–21, 21–19, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Swedish International	Imam Sodikin	Jacob Chemnitz Julie Houmann	17–21, 23–21, 21–18	Winner