Muljadi is a former world class badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player who represented Indonesia between 1963 and 1973. Muljadi's career spanned two separate eras of Indonesian domination of the then triennial Thomas Cup

Thomas Cup

The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...

 (men's international team) competition: 1958 to 1964 and 1970 to 1979. Though he occasionally dropped matches in earlier Thomas Cup rounds, he was undefeated in singles (6-0) in four consecutive final round showdowns (1964

1964 Thomas Cup

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, 1967

1967 Thomas Cup

The 1967 Thomas Cup was the 7th tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The inter-zone matches and Challenge Round finale were held in Jakarta, Indonesia....

, 1970

1970 Thomas Cup

The 1970 Thomas Cup was the 8th tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The final set of ties were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....

, 1973

1973 Thomas Cup

The 1973 Thomas Cup was the 9th edition of the Thomas Cup, the world championship of men's international team badminton . The final set of ties involving regional zone winners and the defending champion nation were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in late May and early June 1973...

), a record unmatched by better known teammates such as Ferry Sonneville

Ferry Sonneville

Ferry Sonneville was an Indonesian badminton player noted for his touch, consistency, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure...

, Tan Joe Hok

Tan Joe Hok

Tan Joe Hok is an Indonesian badminton hero, who along with Ferry Sonneville and a cadre of fine doubles players set the foundation for an Indonesian badminton dynasty by dethroning perennial Thomas Cup champion Malaysia in 1958.He lived in Bandung until he finished high school. He received his B.S...

, and Rudy Hartono

Rudy Hartono

Rudy Hartono Kurniawan , born August 18, 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who won the men's singles title at the World Championship in 1980, and the prestigious All-England Championship trophy eight times, seven times consecutively , in the 1960s and 1970s. He is one of the...

. He won several Indonesian national singles titles during the 1960s as well as the French Open

French Open (badminton)

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 (1966), the Asian Championships (1969), and individual honors in the Asian Games

Badminton at the Asian Games

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 (1966). He was runnerup to Hartono at the prestigious All-England Championships

All England Open Badminton Championships

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 in 1971 but defeated Hartono to win the U.S. Open

U.S. Open Badminton Championships

The U.S. Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament first held in 1954 when the American Badminton Association opened the U.S. National Badminton Championships to foreign competition. For the full list of winners see List of U.S. Open Badminton champions.-21st century:-External...

title that year.