Abdul Rashid Mohd Sidek was born on 8 July 1968 and is a Malaysian former badminton player and coach.
11 Facts About Rashid Sidek
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Rashid Sidek is the youngest of the famous five Sidek brothers.
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Rashid Sidek won the Malaysian Open title for three consecutive years in 1990,1991, and 1992.
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Rashid Sidek's ranking rose to among the top three in the world.
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Rashid Sidek won the bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, beating the top seed, Joko Suprianto of Indonesia en route to the semi-finals, where he was beaten by Dong Jiong.
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In 1997, Rashid Sidek reached the top of the world ranking.
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Rashid Sidek later began to make way for new generation players like Wong Choong Hann, Yong Hock Kin and Roslin Hashim.
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Rashid Sidek retired in 2000, when aged only 32, to make way for younger and new generation players.
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Rashid Sidek became instrumental for the success of the new generation badminton players such as Daren Liew and Chong Wei Feng.
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Rashid Sidek became national para-badminton coach, serving as Cheah Liek Hou's coach who won the first ever gold medal in para-badminton at 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
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Rashid Sidek was portrayed by Farid Kamil, a biopic film by Adrian Teh entitle Gold is a journey story Paralympic badminton athlete Lien Hou and Rashid Sidek as coach train him for Olympic Tokyo 2020.