Vita Marissa
Encyclopedia
Vita Marissa is a female badminton
player from Indonesia
.
in mixed double's with partner Nova Widianto
. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair
and Natalie Munt
of Great Britain
in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen
and Mette Schjoldager
of Denmark
15–12, 15–8. In September of 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rizal
won mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series
after beating Nova Widianto
/Lilyana Natsir
14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final.
Early 2009, she resigned from Indonesia National Team and no longer PBSI
player.
She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele
and her friend Nadya Melati, also an ex national team player in Women's Double.
In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup
team, she was appointed as the team captain.
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 from Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
.
Career
Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer OlympicsBadminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....
in mixed double's with partner Nova Widianto
Nova Widianto
Nova Widianto is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Nova Widianto is one of the greatest doubles player in Indonesia National Team. Even though his best career come from the mixed doubles, but he also played well in men doubles. Widianto has specialized in mixed doubles...
. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair
Robert Blair (badminton)
Robert Blair is a Scottish badminton player.Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he competed for England from 2001 until 2010, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team...
and Natalie Munt
Natalie Munt
Natalie Munt is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom who currently resides in Milton Keynes. She participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics partnering Robert Blair in the mixed doubles.-External links:*...
of Great Britain
United Kingdom
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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen
Jens Eriksen
Jens Dyrløv Eriksen is a male badminton player from Denmark.-2004 Olympics:He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles....
and Mette Schjoldager
Mette Schjoldager
Mette Schjoldager is a female badminton player from Denmark.-Career:Schjoldager competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Pernille Harder...
of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
15–12, 15–8. In September of 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rizal
Muhammad Rizal
Muhammad Rizal is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Rizal captured his first international badminton title in mixed doubles with partner Vita Marissa at the 2008 Japan Super Series, beating fellow Indonesians Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir in the final round.- Personal life :When he...
won mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series
Japan Open (badminton)
The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
after beating Nova Widianto
Nova Widianto
Nova Widianto is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Nova Widianto is one of the greatest doubles player in Indonesia National Team. Even though his best career come from the mixed doubles, but he also played well in men doubles. Widianto has specialized in mixed doubles...
/Lilyana Natsir
Lilyana Natsir
Lilyana Natsir is a female badminton player from Indonesia who specializes in doubles. She is listed as one of the best mixed doubles player in the world. In Indonesia, she is often considered as the queen of mixed doubles sector thanks to her achievements with her two different pairs...
14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final.
Early 2009, she resigned from Indonesia National Team and no longer PBSI
PBSI
The Badminton Association of Indonesia or PBSI is the governing body of badminton in Indonesia. It was founded on May 5, 1951. The PBSI joined the Badminton Asia Confederation in 1959 and later on also the Badminton World Federation. The Indonesian badminton is ranked 3rd in the world according to...
player.
She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele
Flandy Limpele
Flandy Limpele is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :A doubles specialist, at various times Limpele has focused on either men's doubles or mixed doubles during his long career in international badminton. His earliest appearances in the final rounds of major events came in mixed...
and her friend Nadya Melati, also an ex national team player in Women's Double.
At Mixed Doubles with Flandy Limpele
- 2006: Winning Japan OpenJapan Open (badminton)The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
- 2007: Winning Singapore OpenSingapore Open (badminton)The Singapore Open is an badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1990, and which is now part of the BWF Super Series tournament that began 2007....
, Winning Taiwan OpenChinese Taipei Open (badminton)The Chinese Taipei Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s,but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1997 they are regularly held, unless in the 2001 edition, due to the economic crisis in Asia....
, Winning French OpenFrench Open (badminton)The French Open is an annual Badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton . The 2009 edition will be held from the 27th of October to the 1st of November....
, Winning SEA Games, Semifinal IBF World Championships and Philippines OpenPhilippines Open (badminton)The Philippine Open in badminton is an international open held in the Philippines since 2006. The 2008 tournament, schedule to be held from June 3 to June 8, was removed from calendar with unknown reasons.-Previous winners:-External links:*...
, Semifinal Hong Kong OpenHong Kong Open (badminton)The Hong Kong Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Hong Kong since 1982, but it did not take place annually. It is organized by Hong Kong Badminton Association and it became one of the Super Series tournament in 2007. In 2008, Wang Chen became the first home player to win the Hong Kong...
, Quarter Final Japan OpenJapan Open (badminton)The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:... - 2008: Winning Badminton Asia ChampionshipsBadminton Asia ChampionshipsThe Badminton Asia Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best badminton players in Asia....
, 4th Olympic GamesOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
, Final Korea OpenKorea Open (badminton)The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament is also known as Korea Open Super Series because it become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007....
, Semifinal Indonesia OpenIndonesia Open (badminton)The Indonesia Open in an annual badminton tournament organized by Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia and held in Indonesia since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Premier Super Series status in 2011.... - 2009: Winning India Open Grand Prix Gold
At Women's Doubles with Lilyana Natsir
- China MastersChina MastersThe China Masters in an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:-External links:*...
Super Series 2007 (winner) - Philippine Open 2007 (quarter-finalist)
- Japan Super Series 2007 (1/16)
- Indonesia OpenIndonesia Open (badminton)The Indonesia Open in an annual badminton tournament organized by Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia and held in Indonesia since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Premier Super Series status in 2011....
Super Series 2008 (winner), after defeating Miyuki MaedaMiyuki Maedais a female international badminton player.-Career:Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete...
/ Satoko Suetsuna from JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
21–15 and 21–14 at the finals. - Asian Championship 2008 (semi-finalist)
At Mixed Doubles with Muhammad Rijal
- 2008: Japan OpenJapan Open (badminton)The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
Super Series 2008 (winner), after defeating Lilyana NatsirLilyana NatsirLilyana Natsir is a female badminton player from Indonesia who specializes in doubles. She is listed as one of the best mixed doubles player in the world. In Indonesia, she is often considered as the queen of mixed doubles sector thanks to her achievements with her two different pairs...
/ Nova WidiantoNova WidiantoNova Widianto is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Nova Widianto is one of the greatest doubles player in Indonesia National Team. Even though his best career come from the mixed doubles, but he also played well in men doubles. Widianto has specialized in mixed doubles...
from IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
At Mixed Doubles with Hendra Aprida Gunawan
- 2010: Winning TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
Open, Semifinal DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Open, Semifinal SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
Open, Final Macau Open,
At Women's Doubles with Nadya Melati
- 2009: Indonesia International Challenge (winner), India Open Gold GP (runner up)
- 2010: Malaysia Open GP Gold (semifinal), Indonesia Open GP Gold (semifinal)
Personal life
When she was young, she joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. Her parents were Aris Harsono (father) and Yulianawati (mother). Her hobbies are billiards, swimming, and watching movies. Generally people call her Vita. After she has finished all competitions, no matter what the result were, she always makes a symbol of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup
Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...
team, she was appointed as the team captain.