Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (Chinese: 李英華; pinyin: Lǐ yīnghuá; born March 7, 1960) is an Indonesian former badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.

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Ivana Lie
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Birth name	Ivana Lie Ing Hoa
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1960-03-07) 7 March 1960 (age 64) Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Indonesia World Championships 1980 Jakarta Women's singles World Cup 1985 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1983 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 1984 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1985 Jakarta Women's singles 1979 Tokyo Women's singles 1981 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles 1983 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles 1984 Jakarta Women's singles 1986 Bandung–Jakarta Women's doubles Uber Cup 1978 Auckland Women's team 1981 Tokyo Women's team 1986 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 1982 New Delhi Mixed doubles 1986 Seoul Women's team Southeast Asian Games 1979 Jakarta Women's singles 1979 Jakarta Women's team 1981 Manila Women's team 1985 Bangkok Women's team 1983 Singapore Women's singles 1983 Singapore Mixed doubles 1983 Singapore Women's team 1981 Manila Women's singles 1985 Bangkok Women's singles

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She was born in Bandung, Indonesia on 7 March 1960.^[1] She came from a poor family; her mother was a dressmaker. She became interested in badminton during her childhood; she won a Junior Championship in West Java in 1975.

In the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta she earned a silver medal in women's singles, losing the final to fellow countrywoman Verawaty Wiharjo, after defeating defending champion Lene Køppen in the semifinal.^[2] She won singles at the Taiwan Open in 1982, the Indonesia Open and the Southeast Asian Games in 1983, and at the Chinese Taipei Masters Invitation in 1984. She was runner-up at the 1984 World Badminton Grand Prix to China's formidable Han Aiping. Though primarily a singles player early in her career, she eventually achieved success in the other games; winning mixed doubles at the quadrennial Asian Games (1982), the Badminton World Cup (1983), and the Indonesia (1983, 1984) and U.S. (1988) Opens, all with Christian Hadinata; and winning the Indonesia Open twice (1986, 1987), the first China Open (1986), and reaching the final of the World Badminton Grand Prix (1986) in women's doubles . She played on four Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) squads, three of which (1978, 1981, and 1986) finished second in this world team competition. Attractive and popular, she became a badminton commentator after her playing career was over.^{[citation needed]}