1. Taufik Hidayat was born on 10 August 1981 and is an Indonesian retired badminton player who is the current Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport of Indonesia.
13 Facts About Taufik Hidayat
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Taufik Hidayat is a former World, Olympic, two time Asian Games, and three time Asian champion, and the youngest world number one in the men's singles.
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Taufik Hidayat is considered one of the great men's single players in badminton history and has earned the nickname "Mr Backhand".
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Just at 15, Taufik Hidayat won the boy's single event by defeating his future rival, Chen Hong in the final.
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Taufik Hidayat participated in the men's singles competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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Taufik Hidayat won the men's singles gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics defeating Hidetaka Yamada of Japan and Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia in the first two rounds.
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Taufik Hidayat won the men's singles gold medal at the Asian Games in 2002 Busan and 2006 Doha.
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Taufik Hidayat won the 2007 Asian Championship, and two men's singles gold medals at the SEA Games in 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan and 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima.
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Taufik Hidayat competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics but he was eliminated in the second round by Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia.
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Taufik Hidayat competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics but he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Lin Dan of China.
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Taufik Hidayat married the daughter of Agum Gumelar, Ami Gumelar, on 4 February 2006.
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Taufik Hidayat was born shortly before he had to leave for the World Championships.
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In December 2012, Hidayat officially opened a badminton training center named the Taufik Hidayat Arena, located at Ciracas, East Jakarta.