Utami Dewi Kinard
Personal information
Birth name	Utami Dewi
Country	United States
Born	(1951-06-16)16 June 1951 (age 74) Surabaya,East Java, Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing Indonesia Uber Cup 1975 Jakarta Women's team 1969 Tokyo Women's team 1972 Tokyo Women's team Asian Games 1970 Bangkok Women's team Asian Championships 1971 Jakarta Women's singles

Utami Dewi Kinard (born 16 June 1951) is a former world-classbadminton player who was considered Indonesia's #1 women's singles player in the 1970s, and became the United States' #1 player in 1981,^[1] after marrying former 6 timeU.S. men's singles champion,Chris Kinard.^[2] She is also the sister of 8 time All-England singles champion,Rudy Hartono.

Utami Dewi was born in Surabaya in 1951. She is the sister of 8 timeAll England singles champion,Rudy Hartono. She initially pursued running, and in the 1967 PASI championship at the Senayan Jakarta, Dewi won the women's 800 meter running event.^[3] She graduated from the Vocational Education Institute of Tarakanita in 1974.^[4]

Utami Dewi was the number 1 Indonesian women's singles player from 1971 to 1975. She played singles for theIndonesian Uber Cup teams of1969,1972, and1975 (competitions then held every 3 years). The1975 team was Indonesia's first to win the Women's World Team Championship. She was the second Indonesian player to reached the women's singles semi finals at theAll England Open in1975.^[5] As Mrs. Utami Kinard she ended her career as the #1 U.S. women's singles player in 1981 representing the U.S. as the #1 player on the 1981 U.S. Uber Cup team.

Along with her Indonesian and U.S. titles, Utami Dewi won theAsian singles championship in 1971, the Australian Open singles champion in 1975, theMexican Open women's singles and mixed doubles Champion in 1979,^[6] and the South African singles champion in 1980.

1972 - Munich Olympics - Won the Silver medal in badminton women's singles (badminton was a demonstration sport).^[7]

1975 - All-England Badminton Championship -Reached the semi-finals of the women's singles.

Represented either Indonesia, or the U.S., or both internationally in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand.

In 1981, she was inSports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd".^[8]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1972	Volleyballhalle,Munich, West Germany	Noriko Nakayama	5–11, 3–11	Silver	[9]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1972	Volleyballhalle,Munich, West Germany	Christian Hadinata	Svend Pri Ulla Strand	12–15, 10–15	Bronze	[10]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1971	Istora Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia	Yoon Im-soon	11–5, 11–5	Gold	[11]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1970	Singapore Open	Intan Nurtjahja	3–11, 5–11	Runner-up	[12]
1975	Silver Bowl International	Taty Sumirah	6–11, 11–8, 11–5	Winner	[13]
1979	Mexican Open	Susana Vargas	11–8, 11–3	Winner	[6][14]
1980	South African Championships	Gussie Phillips	10–12, 11–7, 11–3	Winner	[15]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1980	South African Championships	Judianne Kelly	Gussie Phillips Marianne Abrahams	11–15, 15–12, 3–15	Runner-up	[15]

• Utami Kinard atOlympedia
• Utami Kinard atOlympics.com

• 1951 births
• Living people
• Badminton players from Surabaya
• Badminton players from East Java
• Indonesian people of Chinese descent
• Sportspeople of Chinese descent
• Indonesian female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 1970 Asian Games
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
• Asian Games badminton players for Indonesia
• Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
• Indonesian emigrants to the United States
• American female badminton players
• 21st-century American women
• 20th-century American sportswomen
• Olympic badminton players for Indonesia

• CS1 Indonesian-language sources (id)
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Short description matches Wikidata