Denny Kantono

Denny Kantono (Chinese: 关有明; born 12 January1970) is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. He shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Antonius Ariantho including the French (1993), Hong Kong (1993), Denmark (1994), Thailand (1994), Chinese Taipei (1995, 1999), and Indonesia (1996) Opens; as well as the (now defunct) Badminton World Cup (1996) and World Badminton Grand Prix (1998) events. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1995 and bronze medalists at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Kantono competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles, with Antonius Ariantho, and won a bronze medal. They lost in semifinals against Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, of Malaysia, 15–10, 15–4, and in the bronze medal match they defeated Soo Beng Kiang and Tan Kim Her, of Malaysia, 15–4, 12–15, 15–8.

Kantono has a daughter that also a badminton athlete name Serena Kani who plays in 2015 BWF World Junior Championships in Peru.

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

World Cup

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Choong Tan Fook Cheah Soon Kit	15–4, 14–17, 15–8	Winner
1998	Grand Prix Finals	Antonius Ariantho	Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan	15–11, 5–15, 15–11	Winner
1998	Brunei Open	Michael Søgaard	Halim Haryanto Tony Gunawan	2–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1998	Japan Open	Antonius Ariantho	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	Malaysia Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–17, 12–15	Runner-up
1997	Japan Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	11–15, 15–7, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	11–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1996	Hong Kong Open	Antonius Ariantho	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	15–6, 15–3	Winner
1996	Indonesia Open	Antonius Ariantho	Davis Efraim Halim Haryanto	15–3, 15–10	Winner
1996	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1995	Singapore Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	7–15, 16–18	Runner-up
1995	Indonesia Open	Antonius Ariantho	Bambang Suprianto Rudy Gunawan	12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	All England Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	12–15, 18–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	Chinese Taipei Open	Antonius Ariantho	Yap Yee Guan Yap Yee Hup	15–7, 14–18, 15–2	Winner
1994	Thailand Open	Antonius Ariantho	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	12–15, 15–12, 15–10	Winner
1994	Denmark Open	Antonius Ariantho	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15–8, 5–15, 15–9	Winner
1994	German Open	Antonius Ariantho	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1994	Dutch Open	Antonius Ariantho	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	17–18, 15–5, 15–8	Winner
1994	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	14–17, 7–15	Runner-up
1994	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15–11, 12–15, 18–16	Winner
1993	Hong Kong Open	Antonius Ariantho	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	10–15, 15–3, 17–14	Winner
1993	U.S. Open	Antonius Ariantho	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	7–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	French Open	Antonius Ariantho	Rudy Gunawan Dicky Purwotsugiono	15–11, 18–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Chinese Taipei Open	Zelin Resiana	Nick Ponting Gillian Clark	Walkover	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Zelin Resiana	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	2–15, 15–2, 1–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Polish International	Felix Antonius	Jim Laugesen Janek Roos	15–1, 15–7	Winner