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Bobby Ertanto (Chinese: 葉忠明, born 2 August 1960) is a retired badminton player from Indonesia who specialized in doubles. Paired with a variety of fellow countrymen, he shared the Malaysia Open title in 1983, the Thailand Open title in 1985, the Badminton World Cup title in 1986, and the Asian Championships in 1987. He won mixed doubles at the 1986 Malaysia Open with Verawaty Wiharjo. Ertanto earned a bronze medal with Christian Hadinata at the 1983 IBF World Championships in Copenhagen. As a member of Indonesia's 1986 Thomas Cup team, Ertanto and partner Liem Swie King dropped the decisive final match in a narrow loss to Malaysia.
In 2013, he finished as a runner-up at the World Senior Championships in the men's doubles 50 in Turkey, and in 2017, he won double titles in the men's doubles 50 and mixed doubles 55 in Kochi, India.
Achievements
IBF World Championships
Men's Doubles
- 1983 IBF World Championships at the Brøndbyhallen in Copenhagen, Denmark
| 1983 IBF World Championships – Men's Doubles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1st | Christian Hadinata | - | - | Bye |
| 2nd | Mike Butler Paul Johnson | 15–8, 15–5 | Win | |
| 3rd | Masao Tsuchida Shokichi Miyamori | 15–7, 15–13 | Win | |
| QF | Sun Zhian Yao Ximing | 15–8, 15–14 | Win | |
Other Tournament
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Chinese Taipei Open | Hadibowo Susanto | Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard |  Champion | |
| 1982 | Chinese Taipei Open | Hadibowo Susanto | Martin Dew Mike Tredgett |  Runner-up | |
| 1983 | Chinese Taipei Open | Hadibowo Susanto | Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson | 15–9, 15–11 | Champion |
| 1983 | Indonesia Open | Christian Hadinata | Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono | 9–15, 14–18 | Runner-up |
| 1983 | Badminton World Cup | Christian Hadinata | Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo | 6–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |
| 1985 | Thailand Open | Rudy Heryanto | Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen | 15–9, 15–8 | Champion |
| 1986 | Badminton World Cup | Liem Swie King | Hadibowo Susanto Rudy Heryanto | 15–6, 15–5 | Champion |
| 1986 | Hong Kong Open | Rudy Heryanto | Jalani Sidek Ong Beng Teong | 15–7, 15–6 | Champion |
| 1986 | Japan Open | Rudy Heryanto | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | 11–15, 2–15 | Runner-up |
| 1986 | Malaysia Open | Eddy Hartono | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | 10–15, 15–11, 10–15 | Runner-up |
| 1987 | All England | Rudy Heryanto | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | 9–15, 8–15 | Runner-up |
| 1987 | Indonesia Open | Rudy Heryanto | Liem Swie King Eddy Hartono | 6–15, 8–15 | Runner-up |
| 1987 | Singapore Open | Liem Swie King | Hadibowo Susanto Rudy Heryanto | 15–2, 15–4 | Champion |
Mix's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Malaysia Open | Verawaty Fadjrin | Steen Fladberg Gillian Gilks | 15–4, 18–15 | Champion |
| 1986 | Indonesia Open | Verawaty Fadjrin | Eddy Hartono Erma Sulistianingsih | 9–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |