Rexy Ronald Mainaky was born on 9 March 1968 and is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy.
14 Facts About Rexy Mainaky
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Rexy Mainaky won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja.
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Rexy Mainaky won the 2000 Asian Badminton Championships with another Indonesian doubles maestro, Tony Gunawan.
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Rexy Mainaky was a member of consecutive world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams in 1994,1996,1998, and 2000.
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Rexy Mainaky is currently the doubles director of coaching of the Badminton Association of Malaysia.
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Rexy Mainaky is regarded as one of the best coaches in the world, alongside former player Park Joo Bong of Korea.
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Rexy Mainaky is noted for his charity work through badminton, by playing in exhibitions across Asia and Europe post-competitive career.
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Rexy Mainaky was the coach to English badminton mixed doubles' pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson and successfully brought them winning the 2004 Summer Olympic silver medal, 2005 All England Open Badminton Championships and 2006 IBF World Championships titles.
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Rexy Mainaky coached the Malaysian National Team's Doubles department and his biggest success was bringing up Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.
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Rexy Mainaky guided the pair to an Asian Games Gold Medal in Doha 2006.
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Rexy Mainaky became Indonesia's high performance director and was basically the head of the Indonesia Badminton Team.
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Rexy Mainaky is currently still serving as the High performance director for Indonesia.
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In 2017, Rexy Mainaky left his position at Badminton Association of Indonesia to join Thailand Badminton Association.
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In 2018, Rexy Mainaky led the Thai women's team reached the Uber Cup final for the first time in their history.