Let
I tell you the young man who been Winny Oktavina Kandow’s partner in the court.
His name is Akbar Bintang Cahyono, who was born in Sukoharjo on April 14, 1996. Similar to Winny, he got the chance to join the national team (PBSI) in early 2017 after he won the Djarum Sirkuit Nasional, one of the biggest Indonesian badminton tournament for the Juniors. Akbar BC had won it three times in 2009, 2015, and in the year 2017. In 2017, he won Djarum Sirkuit Nasional in the Men Doubles section and had won third place in Mixed Doubles sections. In the same year, he also won the National Championship and been paired up with Winny Oktavina Kandow.
Alright, I
won’t re-write all of his achievements in the Mixed Doubles section paired up with
Winny. It is similar to Winny’s, of course.
I will
continue to write about his achievement in the Men Double section.
In MD section, Akbar got paired up with Giovany Dicky Oktavan. When he joined the national team in 2017. The best achievement when they had been a runner-up in Singapore International Series 2017. They lost their compatriot, Kenas Adi/Reza Pahlevi. They got the quarterfinal place both in Indonesia International Series and Malaysia International Series 2017.
Then, Akbar
had chosen to be paired up with Muhammad Reza Pahlevi. They had been paired up
since 2017 until last 2019, before Akbar choose to play in Mixed Double
specialization because Winny doesn’t have any partner due to Tontowi Ahmad’s
retirement.
Been paired
up with Reza Pahlevi, it seemed better than previously. Akbar/Reza got the title
champion in Akita Master 2018 after defeated the country-host representative, Hirokatsu
Hashimoto/Hiroyuki Saeki, and became a winner in Finnish Open International
Challenge 2018.
*Info&Trivia:
https://www.fokusjateng.com/2017/07/28/anak-tukang-koran-juara-badminton-nasional/
http://www.fokusjateng.com/tag/pb-djarum/
https://pbdjarum.org/profil/berita/a/52c76cbf5bc008d023/akbar-bintang-cahyono#detil
https://bwfbadminton.com/player/87128/akbar-bintang-cahyono#gallery-1