Eti Lesmina Tantra (; born 14 October 1975), is an Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. She has represented Indonesia and the United States in international tournaments.

Career Tantri who affiliate with Tangkas club, was selected to join the national team in 1993. She won her first title in 1997 India Open in the women's doubles partnered with Cynthia Tuwankotta. Together with Tuwankotta, she also won the 1997 French Open, becoming the first Indonesians to win a women's doubles title, and at the 1997 Polish Open. Tantri and Tuwankotta were the bronze medalists at the 1997 and 1999 Asian Championships. She claimed the gold medal for the Indonesian women's team and women's doubles (with Tuwankotta) at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games. Tantri competed in 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with Tuwankotta as the eight seeds, but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, defeated by Ge Fei and Gu Jun. Partnered with Minarti Timur, she won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships. In the mixed doubles, she won the 1997 Polish Open with Flandy Limpele, also the 2002 and 2003 U.S Open with Tony Gunawan. She was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Uber Cup, also the silver and bronze medals at the 2001 and 1999 Sudirman Cup.

Personal life Tantri married Tony Gunawan, a 2000 Olympic Games men's doubles gold medalist, on the 29th of July 2002 at the Monte Carlo Chapel in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Christopher and Leon.

Achievements

Asian Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1997 Stadium Negara,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Cynthia Tuwankotta Liu Lu Qian Hong 10–15, 9–15 Bronze 1999 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Cynthia Tuwankotta Ge Fei Gu Jun 7–15, 6–15 Bronze 2000 Istora Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia Minarti Timur Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin 8–15, 13–15 Silver

Southeast Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1999 Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex,Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Cynthia Tuwankotta Indarti Issolina Emma Ermawati 17–15, 15–6 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1995 Sydney Open Carmelita Peng Xinyong Zhang Jin 9–15, 15–12, 4–15 Runner-up 1997 India Open Cynthia Tuwankotta Choi Ma-ree Lee Soon-deuk 15–8, 14–17, 15–5 Winner 1997 Polish Open Cynthia Tuwankotta Chen Li-chin Tsai Hui-min 12–15, 15–8, 15–9 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1997 Polish Open Flandy Limpele Imam Tohari Emma Ermawati 15–7, 15–6 Winner 2002 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Simon Archer Marina Andrievskaya 7–11, 11–4, 11–6 Winner 2003 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Hwang Ji-man Lee Eun-woo 15–5, 15–9 Winner

IBF International Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1997 French International Cynthia Tuwankotta Ella Miles Sara Sankey 14–17, 15–3, 15–7 Winner

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