Candra Wijaya

Rafael Candra Wijaya, born Tan Chia Liang (born 16 September 1975), is a retired Indonesian badminton player.

Career
Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His father, Hendra Wijaya, then took him to a club Pelita Jakarta when he was fourteen. In 1991, he was selected to join the national team. In 1998, he moved to Jaya Raya Jakarta.

Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002. He was named IBF Player of the Year and received the Eddie Choong awards in 2000.

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.

Personal life
Wijaya was born in a badminton family. His father Hendra Wijaya introduced him to badminton at the young age. His siblings, Indra Wijaya, Rendra Wijaya and Sandrawati Wijaya also a former national badminton players. He married Maria Caroline Indriani on 20 January 2001 at St. Thomas Rasul Church in Cengkareng. They have two children Gabriel Christopher Wintan Wijaya and Christina Joshephine Wintania Wijaya.

He was a founder of Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre, and Candra Wijaya badminton club.

Participation at Indonesian Team

 * 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
 * 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

Olympic Games
Men's doubles

World Championships
Men's doubles

World Cup
Men's doubles

Asian Championships
Men's doubles

Asian Cup
Men's doubles

SEA Games
Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

World Junior Championships
Mixed doubles

BWF Superseries (1 title, 3 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles
 * BWF Superseries Finals tournament
 * BWF Superseries Premier tournament
 * BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles
 * BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
 * BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International
Men's doubles

National team

 * Senior level

Individual competitions

 * Senior level