Suryo Nugroho

Started: He took up badminton at age seven, and began competing in Para badminton in 2009. (tribunnews.com, 05 Oct 2018; asiangames.tempo.co, 02 Oct 2018) Reason: He was influenced by his father to take up badminton. His father was also the one who motivated him to pursue Para badminton after his amputation. "I preferred football as a child. But my father kept asking me to watch badminton tournaments on television, I remember Taufik Hidayat was playing. So, I was influenced I guess, since my father was also a badminton player. He always said to me [after the amputation], you can come back, you can be the winner again in Para badminton. He kept inviting me to train while I was still depressed with the amputation. He even invited my former coach to spend nights at our home to train me." (BadmintonWorld.tv YouTube channel, 19 Sep 2019; Trans7 Official YouTube channel, 16 Oct 2018; tribunnews.com, 05 Oct 2018) Additional Info: PROSTHESIS He decided to stop wearing a prosthesis after joining a Para badminton training camp in Surakarta, Indonesia, in 2009. "In 2006 my left arm was amputated and I stopped playing badminton for three years. I was wearing a prosthesis but I saw my friends [at the training camp] who looked natural and free without wearing one. So, I thought I didn't have anything more to cover." (kumparan.com, 27 Sep 2018) OTHER STUDIES He has studied sports science at Mercu Buana University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (fkip.mercubuana-yogya.ac.id, 14 Aug 2023; lldikti5.kemdikbud.go.id, 16 Mar 2023)