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Indonesian legendary coach Mulyo Handoyo and former Malaysian player Rosman Razak will officially take over as the head coaches for Malaysia’s national singles and women’s doubles teams this Friday.
Malaysia’s coaching director, Rexy Mainaky, confirmed today that the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) has reached an agreement with the new singles head coach, who will succeed Hendrawan, who stepped down last week after serving for 15 years. The new coach will be responsible for managing both male and female singles players at the Badminton Academy of Malaysia (ABM).
Although Rexy mentioned that the official announcement will be made on Friday, The New Straits Times has revealed that the coach is none other than Mulyo Handoyo.
Mulyo is renowned for grooming badminton legend Taufik Hidayat into both a world and Olympic champion. Taufik clinched the men’s singles gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and won the World Championships in 2005.
Mulyo also found success coaching in India in 2017, guiding players like Lakshya Sen (Paris 2024 Olympic semifinalist), Prannoy, and Srikanth Kidambi to four Super Series titles that year. Mulyo left India in February 2018 and moved to Singapore, where he led Loh Kean Yew to a world championship title in 2021.
