Maria Fransisca
Personal information
Birth name	Tjan So Gwan
Country	Indonesia
Born	1959[1] Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia[2]
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[3]
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)[3]
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Indonesia World Masters Games 2002 Melbourne Women's doubles 40+ 2002 Melbourne Mixed doubles 40+ 2005 Calgary Women's doubles 45–49 2009 Sydney Mixed doubles 40+ World Senior Championships 2007 Taipei Mixed doubles 45+ Uber Cup 1978 Auckland Women's team Asian Games 1978 Bangkok Women's team Asian Championships 1983 Calcutta Mixed doubles Southeast Asian Games 1979 Jakarta Women's team 1983 Singapore Women's team 1983 Singapore Women's doubles 1979 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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 after received her Indonesian citizenship, take the oath in South Jakarta court in November 1980.^[4]

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,^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Achievements

World Masters Games

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Event	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Melbourne, Australia	Mixed doubles 40+	Misbun Sidek	Gordon Lang Katrina Mirkovic		Gold
2009	Sydney, Australia	Mixed doubles 50+	Simbarsono Sutanto	Jan Shew Bruce Darby	15–13, 15–13	Gold

World Senior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Event	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Mixed doubles 45+	Simbarsono Sutanto	Roger Taylor Andi Stretch		Gold

Asian Championships

Women's 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

Southeast Asian 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

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Kartono	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguno	16–18, 2–5	Silver

International Open Tournaments (4 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	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	India Open	Ivana Lie	Karen Bridge Paula Kilvington	15–9, 15–12	Winner
1983	Indonesia Open	Ruth Damayanti	Wu Jianqiu Xu Rong	11–15, 15–11, 15–3	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	Winner

References