Career
He is the younger brother of Eddy Hartono and Hastomo, who were also world class badminton players. The hard smashing Arbi was arguably the most internationally successful of an impressive cadre of Indonesian singles players who were his contemporaries. These included Ardy Wiranata, Joko Suprianto, Alan Budikusuma, Hermawan Susanto, and Hendrawan.
This and the Olympic gold medal were about the only prizes that eluded him.
Arbi"s other individual victories included the Chinese Taipei Open (1993, 1994), Japan Open (1993, 1995), Badminton World Cup (1994), Hong Kong Open (1995), of Korea Open (1995), Singapore Open (1997, 1999), Southern Economic Association, USA Games (1997) and the badminton competition at the quadrennial Asian Games (1994).