Simon Santoso's Fun Fact

Simon Santoso is a man single badminton player from Indonesia. He was born on 29 July 1985 in Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia. He is 175 cm tall. Simon is the 12 in the world rank.

When he was young, he joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team PBSI. In 2005 he won the Robot HCMC Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the Singapore (2008), Swiss (2007), and Indonesia Super Series (2008) events . He was also a semi-finalist at the Japan Open Super Series (2007) and the Chinese Taipei Open (2007). In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10. In October 2009, he won his first Super Series ever in Denmark Open Super Series, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21-14, 21-6. He won gold in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

Ranking dunia tertinggi	3 (26 Agustus 2010)
Ranking dunia saat ini	15 (3 Oktober 2011)

• 2003: Medali Perunggu SEA Games, Finalis Singapore Satellite
• 2005: Medali Perak SEA Games, Juara Vietnam Satellite, Perempat final DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN,
• 2006: Perempat final DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN
• 2007: Finalis Swiss Open Super Series (SS), Semifinal Japan Open SS
• 2008: Finalis Malaysia Open SS, Runner - up DJARUM INDONESIA SUPER SERIES, Juara Taiwan Open SS
• 2009: Medali Emas SEA Games, Juara Denmark Open SS, Semifinal Korea Open SS, Semifinal Japan Open SS, Juara Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold
• 2010: Perempat Final LI-NING SINGAPORE OPEN SUPER SERIES, Permpat Final DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN SUPER SERIES, Semi Final Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton Championships, Juara CHINESE TAIPEI GRAND PRIX GOLD
• 2011: Semifinal Malaysia Open SS, Semifinalis Victor Korea Open Super Series Premier, Semifinalis WILSON Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, Perempat final YONEX Open Japan

Beregu

• 2003: Medali emas SEA Games
• 2004: Semifinalis Piala Thomas
• 2005: Finalis Piala Sudirman
• 2006: Semifinalis Piala Thomas, Medali Perunggu Asian Games
• 2007: Finalis Piala Sudirman, Medali Emas SEA Games
• 2008: Semifinalis Piala Thomas
• 2009: Semifinalis Piala Sudirman, Medali Emas SEA Games
• 2010: Finalis Piala Thomas, Medali Perunggu Asian Games
• 2011: Semifinalis Piala Sudirman