Source: Oriental Image/Zheng Hongliang
[Saba Sports News] Indonesian badminton player Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo announced his retirement through social media, garnering strong attention from fans. From Sukamuljo’s retirement declaration, we can learn that he made the decision to retire as early as February this year, and finally submitted his retirement application to the Indonesian Badminton Association in April. Recently, his retirement application was approved by the Indonesian Badminton Association. Sukamuljo was once called a “genius rarely seen in twenty years” by the Indonesian media. He and his partner Marcus F. Gideon have won 19 Badminton World Tour championships, the Jakarta Asian Games championship, and the Thomas Cup championship. He has also won the Sri Lanka Cup championship and other honors, and once held the world’s number one badminton men’s doubles position for 226 weeks. Now, Sukamuljo has chosen to retire at the age of 27, which is really sad. It is reported that the main reason for Sukamuljo’s retirement is his wife and daughter. Sukamuljo’s wife is from a noble family and is the daughter of a billionaire family. Her father is a giant in the Indonesian media industry. In addition to owning multiple TV stations and traditional media such as magazines and newspapers, the family business is also involved in the entertainment industry. As early as 2016, Sukamuljo’s father-in-law was on the Forbes Indonesian Rich List. The happy family made Sukamuljo lose the motivation to continue fighting in the badminton arena. He rarely participated in competitions after getting married, so it was reasonable for him to retire.