Ronald Susilo

 ( 1979 Births ) 

Ronald Susilo (; born 6 June 1979) is a Singaporean former badminton player. Susilo was ranked sixth, his highest ranking, in 2004.

Susilo started his badminton career at age 19 and had represented Singapore since 2002. He represented Singapore in two Olympics, the 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was the flag-bearer for Singapore at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

He retired in 2010 before coming out of retirement in 2014 to participate in the 2015 SEA Games.

During the 2004 Summer Olympics, Susilo defeated number 1 seed Lin Dan of China and Björn Joppien of Germany in the first two rounds. In the quarter-finals, Susilo was defeated by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 15–10, 15–1. This is the best achievement by a badminton singles player from Singapore in the Olympic Games.

Susilo was ranked sixth, his highest ranking, in 2004.

In 2004 and 2007, he won the Singaporean National Badminton Championships.

Susilo represented Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he lost to number 2 seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 13–21, 14–21 in the men's singles round of 32. Susilo also won the silver medal for the men's team event in the 2007 SEA Games and the bronze medal for the men's team event in the 2009 SEA Games.

A series of injuries and operations to his shoulder, Achilles heel and elbow from 2004 to 2007 saw Susilo retiring from the sport in 2010, ending a 12-year career. Despite the retirement, he had participated in the men’s doubles at the 2010 & 2012 Li-Ning Singapore Open with brother-in-law Candra Wijaya, the Li-Ning Singapore International Series 2013 with other brother-in-law Hendra Wijaya and winning the Pilot Pen National Age Group Singles in March 2014.

In May 2014, Susilo announced his comeback on the badminton courts, aiming to rejoin the Singapore Team for the 2015 SEA Games which was held in Singapore. In April 2015, he suffered a muscle tear in his hip and pulled out of the squad for the SEA games.

Susilo had also participated in the Singapore International Series 2014, Vietnam GP Open 2014, Indonesian Masters 2014, Malaysia Kuching International Challenge 2014, Macau Open 2014 & Singapore International Series 2015 since his comeback, with a best result reaching the semi-finals in Malaysia till now.

• Sport in Singapore
• List of Singapore world champions in sports
• Sport Singapore

• Ronald Susilo at BadmintonEurope.com