Australian Open Winners Who Became Olympic Champions
If not for the Covid-19 global pandemic, the finals of the CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2020 would have taken place today in Sydney.
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The tournament, in its initial years a platform for young players – especially from the Oceania region – to test themselves in high intensity contests, has grown in stature in recent times. Currently a Super 300 event on the HSBC BWF World Tour, the competition has been attracting more and more elite players since the turn of the century.
For some of the shuttlers, emerging triumphant here has proven a good omen – five of them went on to be crowned Olympic champions.
Susi Susanti (Indonesia) Australian Open champ: 1990 Olympic gold: 1992