Fajar Alfian facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fajar Alfian
Personal information
Born	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 28) Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Country	Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest Ranking	3 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 8 November 2022)
Current Ranking	3 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 8 November 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia World Championships Bronze 2019 Basel Men's doubles Bronze 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles Thomas Cup Gold 2020 Aarhus Men's team Silver 2022 Bangkok Men's team Bronze 2018 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games Silver 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's doubles Silver 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team Asian Championships Bronze 2022 Manila Men's doubles Asia Team Championships Gold 2020 Manila Men's team Asia Mixed Team Championships Bronze 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team Southeast Asian Games Gold 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Gold 2019 Philippines Men's team Bronze 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles World Junior Championships Silver 2013 Bangkok Mixed team Asian Junior Championships Bronze 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team

Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the bronze medals at the 2019 World Championships and at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. Alfian was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

Career

Alfian started his partnership with Muhammad Rian Ardianto in July 2014. In the beginning of their career, they have won international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016; the Austrian International in 2015; and at the BWF Grand Prix level, the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters.

Alfian was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games. He also played with Ardianto, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017. Alfian and Ardianto competed on the BWF World Tour, and won titles at the 2018 Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International; and also the 2019 Swiss and Korea Opens. Together with Ardianto he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, the silver at the 2018 Asian Games, and another bronze at the 2019 BWF World Championships.

In February 2020, Alfian alongside Indonesia men's team won the Asia Team Championships held in Manila. In September–October 2021, Alfian alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He and Ardianto contribute a point in a tie against Canada. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup.

In the first half of 2022, the Alfian and Ardianto partnership have won three titles of seven finals. The duo won the Swiss Open, Indonesia and Malaysia Masters, and finished runners-up at the Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Opens. They also won bronze medal at the Asian Championships.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	16–21, 21–15, 10–21	Bronze
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–23, 21–12, 16–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–13, 18–21, 22–24	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	20–22, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh	17–21, 21–23	Bronze

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 24–22, 21–13	1 Winner
2018	German Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	16–21, 18–21	2 Runner-up
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–11, 22–20	1 Winner
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–19, 21–16	1 Winner
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–16, 21–17	1 Winner
2022	Swiss Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	21–18, 21–19	1 Winner
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–19, 15–21, 18–21	2 Runner-up
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	4r–13	2 Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–10, 21–17	1 Winner
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	22–24, 21–16, 9–21	2 Runner-up
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–12, 21–19	1 Winner
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	21–9, 14–21, 16–21	2 Runner-up
2022	Denmark Open	Super 750	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–19, 28–26	1 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	New Zealand Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	21–16, 17–21, 9–21	2 Runner-up
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10	1 Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19–21, 21–19, 18–21	2 Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2014	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Fran Kurniawan Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra	9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8	1 Winner
2015	Austrian Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	23–21, 18–21, 21–19	1 Winner
2015	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Hantoro Rian Swastedian	21–12, 17–21, 21–15	1 Winner
2016	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Yoshiki Tsukamoto Shunsuke Yamamura	21–12, 21–19	1 Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Muhammad Rian Ardianto against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

See also

In Spanish: Fajar Alfian para niños