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Taufik Hidayat Personal information
Date of birth August 10, 1981 (1981-08-10) (age 28)
Place of birth Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb; 10.1 st)
Country Indonesia
Handedness Right
Coach Mulyo Handoyo
Men's singles
Highest Ranking 2 (2000)
Current Ranking 5 (25-April-2010)
BWF Profile
Olympic medal record
Men's badminton
Gold 2004 Athens Men's singles
World Championships
Gold 2005 Anaheim Men's singles
Bronze 2009 Hyderabad Men's singles
Asian Games
Gold 2002 Busan Men's singles
Gold 2006 Doha Men's singles

Taufik Hidayat (born August 10, 1981, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia) is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former world champion and a former Olympic champion in men's singles. He has also won the Indonesian Open six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).[1]

When he was young, he joined the SGS Club, a badminton club in Bandung, where he trained under Iie Sumirat.

Hidayat won the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In August 2005, he won the men's singles competition at the IBF World Championships.

Popular media has at times focused on the perceived rivalry between Hidayat and Chinese player Lin Dan, referring to the two as "arch rivals".[2][3][4]
Contents
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* 1 Player attributes
* 2 Personal life
* 3 Participation in the Indonesian team
* 4 Achievements
* 5 External links
* 6 References

[edit] Player attributes

Hidayat's main qualities are his backhand (as he is perhaps most famous for his backhand smash, revered for its unusually high generation of power) forehand jump smash, drop shot (reverse slice in particular), smooth footwork and deceiving net play. Hidayat's forehand jump smash in the 2006 world championships is currently the fastest smash recorded in single's competition. He recorded a 305 kph smash in a match against Ng Wei.

This overwhelming power on both his forehand and backhand, combined with his tenacity at the net and scope for deceptive shots provide him with an extremely diverse weaponry on court, making him one of the most difficult players on the open circuit. Criticisms are in his lack of fitness, impatience with loud crowds and his propensity to return a net shot with a net shot, even though his opponent is dangerously close to the net.

In 2009, he started competing in world badminton tournaments independently outside the Indonesian national badminton team. This supposedly gives him the freedom to enter only the tournaments he wishes.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life

Hidayat is married to Ami Gumelar, the daughter of Agum Gumelar, who was KONI's former President, former PSSI's President and former minister of the Indonesian government. They married on 4 February 2006 and have a daughter, born in August 2007. Hidayat's parents are Abu Harmee and Enak. People generally call him Taufik.
[edit] Participation in the Indonesian team

* 5 times at Sudirman Cup (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
* 6 times at Thomas Cup (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
* 3 times at Summer Olympics at individual event (2000, 2004, 2008)

[edit] Achievements

Hidayat's early achievements included being the top seed in the Men's Singles competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, at the age of 19; winning his first Indonesia Open title at the age 18; and reaching the All England final at the age of 17.

* 6 times won men's singles Badminton Indonesia Open (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006)
* 2 times won badminton men's singles Asian Games (2002 and 2006)
* 1 time won men's singles Badminton World Championships (2005)
* 1 time won men's singles Badminton Summer Olympics (2004)
* 2 times won Thomas Cup with Indonesian Badminton National Team (2000 and 2002)
* 3 times won men's singles Badminton Asia Championships (2000, 2004 and 2007)
* 3 times won men's singles Singapore Open (2001, 2004, 2005)
* 2 times won men's singles China Open (2005, 2006)
* 1 time won men's singles Malaysia Open (2000)
* 1 time won men's singles Macau Open Badminton Championships (2008)
* 1 time won men's singles India Open (2009)
* 1 time won men's singles US Open (2009)
* Won the Brunei Open at the age of 16
* Won gold medal at individual event (men's single) after defeating Singapore men's single Kendrick Lee Yen Hui with straight-set 21-15, 21-9 and won gold medal for men's team event at SEA Games (2007)
* 2 times Runner-up men's single Badminton All England (1999, 2000)
* 2 times Runner-up men's single Badminton French Super Series (2008, 2009)
* 1 time Runner-up men's singles Badminton Indonesia Open (2009)
* 3 times Runner-up men's singles Badminton Japan Open (2006, 2007, 2009)

[edit] External links

* Taufik Hidayat, The Official Taufik Hidayat Website
* Taufik Hidayat, #48 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"