Antonius Ariantho

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho (born 3 October 1973), also known as Antonius Ariantho or Antonius Irianto, is a retired Indonesianbadminton player who specialized in men's doubles now a coach. During the 1990s he shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Denny Kantono including the French (1993); Hong Kong (1993); Denmark (1994); Thailand (1994); Chinese Taipei (1995, 1996); and Indonesia (1996) Opens; and the (now defunct) Badminton World Cup (1996) and World Badminton Grand Prix (1998) events. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Open in 1995, and bronze medalists at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Their nickname for this famous couple was "Denny & Anton". After retiring as players, both Antonius and Denny Kantono pursued careers as badminton coaches at the PB Djarum Kudus club.

Ariantho competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles, with Denny Kantono, and won a bronze medal.^[1][2] They lost in semifinals against Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, of Malaysia, 15–10, 15–4,^[3] and in the bronze medal match they defeated Soo Beng Kiang and Tan Kim Her, of Malaysia, 15–4, 12–15, 15–8.^[4]

• Antonius Budi Ariantho at BWFBadminton.com
• Antonius Budi Ariantho at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Antonius Irianto at Olympics.com
• Antonius Ariantho at Olympedia
• Antonius Ariantho at InterSportStats