Background
Halim Haryanto Ho was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on 23 September 1976 to Hadimulya Ho and Ana Wun.
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He graduated from West Java, Indonesia High School in 1994 and joined the Indonesia National Badminton Team in 1995, specializing as a men"s doubles player.
Career
Haryanto immigrated to the United States of America in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now resides in Milpitas, California, coaching at Eastbay Badminton Association in Emeryville, California and representing the United States as a badminton player of Team United States of America. From 1995 to 2004 Haryanto played for the Indonesia National Badminton Team with various partners before immigrating to the United States in fall of 2004 to pursue a career as a badminton coach. In those 9 years he played for Indonesia, he enjoyed his most success with fellow countryman and now United States citizen, Tony Gunawan.
That year he was also the bronze medalists at the Badminton Asia Championships.
The Singapore Open would be the last international badminton tournament that Haryanto and Gunawan would compete in together under the PBSI. 2002-2004
After the Singapore Open, Haryanto was paired up with Tri Kusharjanto as a part of the Indonesian 2002 Thomas Cup team Near the end 2002 Haryanto began coaching the Indonesian Junior National Badminton team at the Société Générale de Surveillance Badminton Club in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
2004 – present
After moving to the United States he procured a job as a badminton coach at Bay Badminton Center in Burlingame, California, while maintaining international presence. He was also a part of the 2011 United States Pan American Games Badminton Team that competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
He is currently working as a badminton coach at Eastbay Badminton Association in Emeryvile, California.
Achievements
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He is a former World Champion and All England Champion along with his double"s partner Tony Gunawan. He won his first ever gold medals at the 1998 Malaysia Open and Brunei Open in men"s doubles with Tony Gunawan. In 2001 he won the bi-annual International Badminton Federation World Championship as well as the 2001 All England Championship in men"s doubles with Tony Gunawan. They also won the 2001 Singapore Open that year as well. They eventually won the 2002, winning their final round match against Malaysia in men"s doubles. Their short-lived partnership won them the Copenhagen Masters in 2003 before Haryanto resigned from the Indonesia National Badminton Team and moved to the United States in October 2004. In 2005 Haryanto paired up with his former partner, Tony Gunawan (who moved to the United States as well), and won the 2005 Chinese Taipei Open, 2005 Bitburger Open, and the United States. Open later in 2006. Since then, Haryanto has competed in and several won national level titles including the international level United States Open as a representative of the United States. Haryanto is also a legendary coach, achieving Level 4 Certified High Performance Coach of United States of America Badminton, the highest coaching status in the United States. Achievements.
