Tag: Taufik Hidayat

陶菲克,陶菲克·希达亚特,陶菲克

  • Taufik Aims to Win More Olympic Gold for Indonesia

    Taufik Aims to Win More Olympic Gold for Indonesia

    Indonesian badminton legend Taufik (43) says his top priority is to focus on improving and elevating Indonesia’s sports standards, especially in nurturing young talent.

    Last month, Indonesian President Prabowo appointed Taufik as Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, with his term running from 2024 to 2029. This appointment has drawn significant attention across Indonesia, with many citizens optimistic that, as a former world-class athlete, Taufik can take on this responsibility and make a positive impact.

    In Indonesia’s sports community, Taufik is known as a bold and outspoken figure who frequently voices dissatisfaction with issues in the badminton scene and Indonesia’s sports industry as a whole.

    During his playing career, Taufik achieved remarkable success, securing gold medals in all major multi-sport events, including the SEA Games, Asian Games, and the Olympics. He was previously crowned World Champion, held the World No. 1 ranking, and represented Indonesia in winning the Thomas Cup.

    Taufik retired from badminton in 2013 and served as a special Ministry of Youth and Sports staff member from 2017 to 2018.

  • Taufik Hidayat Becomes Youth and Sports Deputy Minister

    Taufik Hidayat Becomes Youth and Sports Deputy Minister

    Indonesian badminton legend Taufik Hidayat (43) was appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports on Sunday.

    The announcement was made by Prabowo at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Sunday night.

    Taufik Hidayat is now the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports,” stated Prabowo.

    On October 15, after meeting with Prabowo, Taufik addressed the media. Known for his outspoken stance on sports issues, Taufik has often voiced concerns over badminton and the broader Indonesian sports industry.

    With his strong reputation, Taufik Hidayat is considered highly capable of bringing significant advancements and influence to Indonesian sports.

    As an athlete, Taufik achieved numerous victories, securing gold in major events, including the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games, and Olympics. He has also been crowned world champion, held the world number-one ranking, and contributed to Indonesia’s Thomas Cup victory.

    Taufik retired from badminton in 2013 and served as a special advisor to the Ministry of Youth and Sports from 2017 to 2018.

    During the 2024 elections, Taufik Hidayat campaigned as a House of Representatives candidate under the GERINDRA Party.

  • False death rumors spread about Taufik and Lee Chong Wei

    False death rumors spread about Taufik and Lee Chong Wei

    In recent days, two of badminton’s legendary “Four Kings,” Taufik Hidayat and Lee Chong Wei, were falsely rumored to have passed away, drawing significant attention from fans.

    On October 6th, a social media post falsely claimed that Taufik Hidayat had died. However, just hours earlier, Taufik’s official account had posted photos of him vacationing with his family, quickly debunking the rumor.

    Today, a screenshot circulated across numerous badminton-related WeChat groups, where a blogger falsely claimed that 40-year-old Lee Chong Wei had passed away. However, this rumor first appeared last year in connection with the death of former Malaysian badminton player Yap Kim Hock on August 4, 2023, at the age of 40. News reports from that time mentioned Lee Chong Wei being visibly emotional at his friend’s funeral, which somehow got twisted into false rumors about his own death. Additionally, Lee Chong Wei was born in 1982, making him 42, not 40, further disproving the hoax.

    Taufik Hidayat is the first male singles player to have won an Olympic gold medal, an Asian Games gold, a World Championship title, and a Thomas Cup victory, making him a “Grand Slam” champion in the world of badminton. He retired in 2013 and now runs his own badminton academy while also serving as a consultant for Indonesia’s national team.

    Lee Chong Wei, who long held the world No. 1 ranking, won three Olympic silver medals, four World Championship silver medals, 46 Super Series titles, and 69 Open tournament titles. He is often regarded as the “King without a crown” and tearfully retired in 2019 due to his battle with nasal cancer.

  • Taufik HIDAYAT

    Taufik HIDAYAT


    Character Introduction

    Taufik (10 August 1981 – ), in full Taufik Hidayat (Indonesian: Taufik Hidayat), born in Bandung, West Java, is an Indonesian male badminton player who has been playing since childhood at the SGS Club in Bandung, where he learnt his deceptive net skills from Indonesia’s top badminton player of the 1970s, Iyer Sumirat. He is one of the Four Kings of International Badminton (2000s) along with Peter Gade of Denmark, Lin Dan of China and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. He is the 2004 Olympic men’s singles gold medallist in Athens, the 2005 World Badminton Championships men’s singles champion, a two-time men’s singles gold medallist at the Asian Games, and a three-time men’s singles champion at the Asian Championships. He also won six Indonesia Open titles (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006), and has won a total of 27 international singles titles in his career.

    In 1996, he was spotted by a coach and started to break into the international badminton scene.

    In 1997, he won the men’s singles title at the Asian Youth Championships.

    In 1998, he won the Brunei Open Men’s Singles Championships, where he defeated China’s Atlanta Olympics Men’s Singles silver medallist Dong Jiong 2-1 in the final. In December of the same year, he represented Indonesia at the Bangkok Asian Games, where he helped Indonesia win the men’s team title.

    In 1999, at the age of 17, he participated in the All England Championships held in March, and in the process of advancing, he eliminated Chen Feng of Indonesia transferred to Chinese Taipei and the Atlanta Olympics badminton men’s singles gold medallist Pol Erik Hjelle Larsen, and entered the men’s singles final; the final opponent was the world’s No. 1 Danish player Peter Gade, and he finally lost to Peter Gade’s racket, but the match was very closely fought, and the match The match brought him to the attention of the world of badminton. In August of the same year, he managed to avenge Peter Gade in the men’s singles semi-finals of the Singapore Open, but lost in the final to compatriot and 1995 World Championships men’s singles champion Alby.

    In addition, he won the men’s singles gold medal at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games, as well as assisting Indonesia to win the Southeast Asian Games and Badminton Asia Cup men’s team title that year.

    In March 2000, he played in the All England Championships, where he again reached the men’s singles final, this time against China’s Xia Xuanze, losing in straight sets to finish as runner-up again, and in May, he helped Indonesia win the Thomas Cup that year as a starter, defeating Ji Xinpeng in the 3rd singles match of the final in straight sets to clinch Indonesia’s 3-0 win against China.

    In September 2000, he competed in the men’s badminton singles at the Sydney Olympics, where he was seeded first, but he was stopped in the last eight by Chinese dark horse Ji Xinpeng, who ended up winning the title.

    However, in 2000-01, Taufik was in conflict with the Indonesian Badminton Federation (IBF), as he publicly demanded that the IBF replace its then-president, Subakio, and other board members, and the IBF excluded his mentor, Muneo, from being a coach of the national team, which led to Taufik’s withdrawal from the country in 2001, and he even considered switching to Singapore at one point, which resulted in him being banned by the IBF for two months, which eventually ended in a settlement. The incident ended in a settlement.

    In May 2002, Taufik was a key player in Indonesia’s defence of the Thomas Cup title, although he lost to Lee Chuan Seng in the third singles match of the final in a five-set battle (it was still a year since the BWF introduced the best-of-five, seven-points-per-set system in June 2001), but Indonesia still beat Malaysia 3-2 on aggregate to win the title.

    In October 2002, Taufik competed in the men’s singles badminton tournament at the Busan Asian Games, where he won the Asian Games men’s singles gold medal after defeating host South Korean star Lee Hyun-il in the final. In the men’s team final against host Korea, there was a hiccup: in the first match between him and his Korean opponent Sun Seung-mo, the all-Korean linesman was accused of favouring the home team, repeatedly calling the home team’s balls out of bounds as strikes, and at the same time calling his strikes out of bounds, which led to him dropping his racket and leaving the court in protest with the entire Indonesian staff at one point, and it was only after the OCA intervened and decided to replace the all-Korean linesman that the match continued. He eventually lost to Son Seung-mo, and South Korea beat Indonesia 3-1 on aggregate, with Indonesia failing to defend their title.

    In August 2004, Taufik competed in the Men’s Singles at the Athens Olympics, where he played well, defeating a number of players, including 2003 World Championship Men’s Singles runner-up Hwang Choong-han and Danish veteran Peter Gade, on his way to the final. He faced South Korean Son Seung-mo in the final, and was a slow starter, trailing 0-7 and 0-3 in the first two games, but quickly adjusted and defeated his opponent in straight sets (scores: 15-8, 15-7) to win his first and only Olympic gold medal.

    In August 2005, Taufik participated in the World Championships in Anaheim, California, USA; the final opponent was the world’s top-ranked Chinese player Lin Dan, who took a huge 15-3 lead in the first set, and lost 12 points in a row in the second set when Lin Dan had a 7-3 lead, and he eventually defeated Lin Dan in two sets by large scores (15-3, 15-7)[11][12] to win the first career World Championships title, and he became the first men’s singles Grand Slam winner in world badminton (Olympic Games, World Championships and Asian Games).

    In December 2006, he participated in the Doha Asian Games. In the men’s badminton team competition, Indonesia met China in both the group stage and the semi-finals, and he lost his 2 singles matches in both stages to Lin Dan by a set score of 1-2, and Indonesia ended up with a bronze medal. However, in the men’s badminton singles; he beat China’s Bao Chunlai 2-0 (score: 21-16, 21-14) in the last eight; knocked out Li Zongwei 2-0 (score: 21-16, 21-18) in the semi-finals; and entered the final; in the final, he led the first set, while Lin Dan had a 20-17 lead (i.e. 2 set points) in the second set, but eventually he won 5 points in a row to win the set. won 5 points in a row and successfully defended his title with a 2-0 (score: 21-15, 22-20) set win over Lin Dan.

    After 2006, Taufik’s form began to decline and he was no longer as brave as he had been in the past. This period was also the beginning of Lin Dan’s dynasty, coupled with the rise of Li Zongwei, and in the years to come, he was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of his record against Lin and Li, but in fact, he was only one to two years older than the two of them.

    In April 2007, he won his third Asian Championships men’s singles title, beating his old rival, Chinese player Chen Hong, in the final, which was the only time in his career that he met the same man in all five men’s singles finals and won all of them, but it was also the last time he won the Asian Championships.

    In 2010, he participated in the World Championships in Paris, France, and after five years again reached the finals, but he lost to China’s Chen Jin in the final by a set score of 0-2 (scores: 13-21, 15-21) to take the second place. Not coincidentally, at the World Championships a year earlier, he was eliminated in the semi-finals by Chen Jin, who has since become a nemesis in his late career.

    In July 2012, he represented Indonesia in the men’s singles badminton event at the Olympic Games in London, England, his fourth personal Olympic appearance.

    At the beginning of 2013, he announced that he would retire after the Indonesia Open; on 12 June, he faced Indian junior Sai Paranes in the first round of the Indonesia Premier Superseries, and ended his career with a loss after leading by one game to 1-2, officially bidding farewell to the international badminton scene.

    Equipment Used

    ARCSABER 11 Metallic Red; ARCSABER 10; NANORAY Z SPEED Bright Orange; ARCSABER 11; BG-65; BG66 ULTIMAX; SHB65Z2MEX; ARCSABER Z-Slash; ARMORTEC 700; ARMORTEC 900 POWER

    Major Achievements

    • 2012 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2012 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Team Third Place
    • 2011 Indonesia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2011 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2011 Badminton Canada Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2011 Malaysia Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Men’s Team Quarter-finals
    • 2010 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Runner-up
    • 2010 Hong Kong Badminton Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2010 France Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2010 Denmark Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2010 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2010 Malaysia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2010 Indonesia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2010 Canadian Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2010 Indonesia Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2009 Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2009 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2009 French Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2009 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2009 Chinese Taipei Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2009 US Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2009 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2009 India Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2009 All England Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
    • 2008 BWF Super Series Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2008 Hong Kong Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2008 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Quarter-finals
    • 2008 France Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2008 Macau Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2007 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 1st Runner-up
    • 2007 Macau Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2007 China Taipei Badminton Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2007 Japan Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
    • 2007 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2007 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2006 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Quarter-finals
    • 2006 Doha Asian Games Men’s Team Quarter-finals
    • 2006 Doha Asian Games Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2006 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2006 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2005 Japan Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
    • 2005 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up
    • 2005 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2005 Singapore Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2004 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Quarter-finals
    • 2004 Athens Olympic Games Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2004 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2004 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2003 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Quarter-finals
    • 2003 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2003 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2002 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 2002 Busan Asian Games Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2002 Busan Asian Games Men’s Badminton Team 1st Runner-up
    • 2002 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2002 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2002 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
    • 2001 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 1st Runner-up
    • 2001 Singapore Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2001 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Bronze Medalist
    • 2001 Swiss Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
    • 2000 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2000 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2000 Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 2000 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
    • 2000 All England Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 1999 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Quarter-finals
    • 1999 Singapore Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 1999 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 1999 Southeast Asian Badminton Games Men’s Singles Gold Medallist
    • 1999 Southeast Asian Badminton Games Men’s Team Champion
    • 1999 All England Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
    • 1998 Brunei Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
    • 1998 Bangkok Asian Games Men’s Badminton Team Champion
    • 1997 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion