Maria Fransisca

Maria Fransisca

Personal information
Born	Tjan So Gwan 1959 Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Indonesia
Sport	Badminton
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Indonesia World Masters Games Gold medal – first place 2002 Melbourne Women's doubles 40+ Gold medal – first place 2002 Melbourne Mixed doubles 40+ Gold medal – first place 2005 Calgary Women's doubles 45–49 Gold medal – first place 2009 Sydney Mixed doubles 40+ World Senior Championships Gold medal – first place 2007 Taipei Mixed doubles 45+ Uber Cup Silver medal – second place 1978 Auckland Women's team Asian Games Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok Women's team Asian Championships Bronze medal – third place 1983 Calcutta Mixed doubles Southeast Asian Games Gold medal – first place 1979 Jakarta Women's team Gold medal – first place 1983 Singapore Women's team Gold medal – first place 1983 Singapore Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 1979 Jakarta Mixed doubles

Maria Fransisca (born 1959; as Tjan So Gwan; 曾素光), is an Indonesian badminton player who played in the singles and doubles events.

Career

In the beginning Fransisca was known as Tjan So Gwan (Chinese descent), and changed her name to Maria Fransiska (Her Baptismal Name) after received her Indonesian citizenship, take the oath in South Jakarta court in November 1980.

Fransisca started her career when she was trusted to strengthen the women's team at the 1978 Uber Cup women's team championship at that time Indonesia was the defending champion two years ago in the final Indonesia had to meet again with Japan's enemy she was expected to win points but failed by losing to Atsuko Tokuda 11 -5, 11–4. Finally, the Indonesian women's team failed and again lost to Japan.

At the India Open, Fransisca was able to present 3 titles from three sectors, namely the women's singles she won against her compatriot Ivana Lie in women's doubles, to team up with her again to fight the British women's doubles, and in the mixed doubles she and Hariamanto Kartono also succeeded defeating his fellow strugglers Rudy Heryanto and Ivana Lie, she managed to prove she was still reliable.

At the Indonesia Open, she also won a title by defeating the Chinese women's doubles and in the SEA Games event, she won a gold medal in women's doubles and women's team and one silver in mixed doubles.

Achievements

World Masters Games

Women's doubles

Year	Age	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	40+	Melbourne, Australia	Rong Kwok Xu	Robyn MacFarlane Lia Mapa		Gold Gold
2005	40-44	Calgary, Canada	Ruth Wihardjo	Si-an Deng Denyse Julien	5–15, 7–15	Silver Silver
2005	45-49	Calgary, Canada	Ruth Wihardjo	Angelika Walter Marlies Wessels	15–4, 15–0	Gold Gold
2009	50+	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia	Margaret Lee	Kumiko Yamamoto Hiroki Yuyama	12–15, 13–15	Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Age	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	40+	Melbourne, Australia	Misbun Sidek	Gordon Lang Katrina Mirkovic		Gold Gold
2009	50+	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia	Simbarsono Sutanto	Jan Shew Bruce Darby	15–13, 15–13	Gold Gold

World Senior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Age	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	45+	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Simbarsono Sutanto	Roger Taylor Andi Stretch		Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India	Hadibowo	Park Joo-bong Kim Yun-ja	4–15, 5–15	Bronze Bronze

SEA Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore	Ruth Damayanti	Rosiana Tendean Mary Harlim	3–15, 9–15	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Kartono	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna	16–18, 2–5	Silver Silver

International tournaments (8 titles, 3 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	India Open	Ivana Lie	1–11, 12–11, 12–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1980	Auckland International	Imelda Wiguna	9–11, 11–2, 11–6	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	India Open	Ivana Lie	Karen Bridge Paula Kilvington	15–9, 15–12	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1980	Auckland International	Imelda Wiguna	Sue Daly Taty Sumirah	15–2, 15–4	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1982	Silver Bowl International	Suzanne Ogeh	Maxine Evans Julie McDonald	15–2, 15–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1982	Auckland International	Suzanne Ogeh	Robin Denton Toni Whittaker		1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1983	Indonesia Open	Ruth Damayanti	Wu Jianqiu Xu Rong	11–15, 15–11, 15–3	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1983	India Open	Ruth Damayanti	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	7–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1984	Chinese Taipei Open	Ruth Damayanti	Karen Beckman Gillian Gilks	12–15, 15–9, 14–17	Runner-up
1984	Japan Open	Ruth Damayanti	Karen Beckman Gillian Gilks	15–13, 3–15, 12–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	India Open	Kartono	Rudy Heryanto Ivana Lie	15–9, 15–2	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner