Marleve Mainaky

Marleve Mario Mainaky (born 26 March 1972) is an Indonesian badminton player and coach.^[1] He was part of the Indonesia men's team that won the Thomas Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2002.^[2][3][4] Mainaky had collected a silver and three bronzes at the Asian Championships. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, reaching into the quarterfinals.^[5] He was the men's singles bronze medalist at the 2001 SEA Games, also helped the men's team won the silver medal at that event, and 2002 Asian Games.^[6] After he retired from the international tournament circuit, he started his career as a badminton coach. Marleve Mainaky was the fifth of seven siblings of Jantje Rudolf Mainaky and Venna Hauvelman. Five of the siblings were also professional badminton players.^[7] Five of seven children in the Mainaky family, Marleve, Richard, Rexy, Rionny and Karel, were part of the Indonesian national shuttling team in the 1990s and nowadays they still have a hand in the sport, though courtside as badminton coaches.

Marleve Mainaky
Personal information
Birth name	Marleve Mario Mainaky
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1972-03-26) 26 March 1972 (age 53) Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia World Masters Games 2025 Taipei Men's singles 50+ World Senior Championships 2023 Jeonju Men's singles 50+ 2023 Jeonju Men's doubles 50+ Thomas Cup 1998 Hong Kong Men's team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2002 Guangzhou Men's team Asian Games 2002 Busan Men's team Asian Championships 1998 Bangkok Men's singles 1994 Shanghai Men's singles 1999 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles 2000 Jakarta Men's singles SEA Games 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
BWF profile

Personal life

Marleve Mainaky is married to former player from the Indonesian National team Hellen Paokie. The couple has three children all boys.

Achievements

World Masters Games

Men's singles

Year	Age	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	50+	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Hosemari Fujimoto	0–2	Silver	[8]

World Senior Championships

Men's singles

Year	Age	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	50+	Hwasan Indoor Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea	Carl Jennings	21–11, 21–11	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Age	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	50+	Hwasan Indoor Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea	Hariyanto Arbi	Chatchai Boonmee Wittaya Panomchai	21–19, 21–16	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China	Foo Kok Keong	6–15, 7–15	Bronze
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Chen Gang	6–15, 9–15	Silver
1999	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ong Ewe Hock	3–15, 15–5, 7–15	Bronze
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Rony Agustinus	10–15, 5–15	Bronze

SEA Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Roslin Hashim	15–13, 11–15, 7–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	U.S. Open	Fung Permadi	15–8, 15–8	Winner
1997	Indonesia Open	Ardy Wiranata	9–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1999	Swiss Open	Fung Permadi	13–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1999	World Grand Prix Finals	Peter Gade	11-15, 3–15	Runner-up
2000	World Grand Prix Finals	Xia Xuanze	4–7, 5–7, 7–2, 6–8	Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Lee Tsuen Seng	6–8, 7–5, 7–3, 7–3	Winner
2002	Swiss Open	James Chua	2–7, 7–5, 7–3, 6–8, 7–1	Winner

IBF International (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Polish International	Lioe Tiong Ping	15–8, 12–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1993	Amor International	Jim Mailer	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1995	Hamburg Cup	George Rimarcdi	15–9, 7–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1997	Malaysia International	G. Herry	15–9, 15–5	Winner
2004	Pakistan Satellite	Jeffer Rosobin	4–15, 0–4 retired	Runner-up