Jo Novita

Jo Novita (born 19 November 1981) is an Indonesian former badminton player. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the Southeast Asian Games in 2003, and in the team event in 2001 and 2007. She won the World Grand Prix tournament title in Thailand and Philippines Open.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Novita also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 Asian Games.<ref name="sr">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was partnered with partner Lita Nurlita in the women's doubles. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China in the round of 16.<ref name="sr"/> She was a partner with Greysia Polii on the Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) team which finished second to China in the 2008 series. In October 2008, she teamed with Rani Mundiasti in women's doubles to become runner-up at the Denmark Super Series after losing to the Malaysian pair of Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty in the final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Novita married her teammate from Tangkas club Ronne Maykel Runtolalu, in Jakarta, 2 August 2009. She later moved to Canada, and joined her husband who had already been a coach at ClearOne badminton centre in Richmond, British Columbia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Template:Flagicon Eny Erlangga	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	5–15, 3–15	Bronze
2003	Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Lita Nurlita	Template:Flagicon Hwang Yu-mi Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	3–15, 8–15	Bronze
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Template:Flagicon Greysia Polii	Template:Flagicon Kumiko Ogura Template:Flagicon Reiko Shiota	10–15, 4–15	Bronze

SEA Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Tan Binh Sport Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Template:Flagicon Lita Nurlita	Template:Flagicon Eny Erlangga Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir	15–13, 11–15, 15–7	Gold
2005	PhilSports Arena, Metro Manila, Philippines	Template:Flagicon Greysia Polii	Template:Flagicon Chin Eei Hui Template:Flagicon Wong Pei Tty	12–15, 15–9, 13–15	Silver
2007	Wongchawalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Greysia Polii	Template:Flagicon Vita Marissa Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir	15–21, 14–21	Silver

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Rani Mundiasti	Template:Flagicon Chin Eei Hui Template:Flagicon Wong Pei Tty	21–23, 12–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Eny Erlangga	Template:Flagicon Norhasikin Amin Template:Flagicon Wong Pei Tty	7–4, 5–7, 7–0, 7–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Lita Nurlita	Template:Flagicon Cheng Wen-hsing Template:Flagicon Chien Yu-chin	4–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Philippines Open	Template:Flagicon Greysia Polii	Template:Flagicon Rani Mundiasti Template:Flagicon Endang Nursugianti	21–16, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Greysia Polii	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	10–21, 11–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Rani Mundiasti	Template:Flagicon Cheng Wen-hsing Template:Flagicon Chien Yu-chin	16–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	Template:Flagicon Ronne Maykel Runtolalu Template:Flagicon Eny Widiowati	8–6, 7–1, 8–7	Template:Gold1 Winner

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Performance timeline

Indonesian team

• Junior level

Team event	1999
Asian Junior Championships	Silver

• Senior level

Team event	2001	2003	2005	2007
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	Bronze	Bronze	Gold

Team event	2008
Uber Cup	Silver

Team event	2005
Sudirman Cup	Silver

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Event	2003	2005	2007
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	Silver	Silver

Event	2001	2003	2005
Asian Championships	Bronze	Bronze	Bronze

Tournament	BWF Superseries		Best
	2007	2008
Korea Open		R1	F (2006)
Denmark Open		F	F (2008)
Super Series Finals	Template:N/a	SF	SF (2008)

Tournament	IBF Grand Prix						BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold		Best
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Chinese Taipei Open	Template:N/a			F			A	F	F (2004, 2008)
Korea Open						F	SS		F (2006)
Philippines Open	colspan="5" Template:N/a	W		Template:N/a	W (2006)
Thailand Open	W (WD) W (XD)	Template:N/a							W (2001 WD, XD)

External links

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