Razif Sidek
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Mohamad Razif Mohd Sidek (Nickname: Ajib) (born May 29, 1962 in Banting
, Selangor
) is a former badminton
player from Malaysia and a prominent world-class doubles player during the mid 1980s to early 1990s.
He is the second oldest brother after Misbun
amongst the six Sidek brothers who played badminton. He usually plays doubles with his younger brother, Jalani
. Razif won a gold medal for Malaysia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
doubles with Ong Beng Teong
. Razif and Jalani won the All England Championship title in 1982 after beating the Scottish pair, Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers.
He was also a member of the Malaysian squad that won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 25 years, in a 3-2 victory over Indonesia at the National Stadium in 1992. He created history by becoming the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic Games
medal in Barcelona 1992
. They won a bronze medal for Malaysia after reaching the semi-finals in the men's doubles category where they lost to the Korean pair, Park Joo-bong
and Kim Moon-Soo
.
During his career with Jalani, they become one of the best four doubles pair in the world (Park Joo-bong
/Kim Moon-soo
, Rudy Gunawan
/Eddy Hartono
and Tian Bingyi
/Li Yongbo
) from the 1980s until the early 1990s. After he retired as a badminton player, he was appointed as Malaysian national coach from 1994 until 1996.
Banting
Banting is a principal town in the district of Kuala Langat, Selangor in Malaysia. Banting has a population of 48,240. It is situated on the banks of Langat River . It is a Rest Town or Bandar Persinggahan of Federal route . The historical Bandar Jugra, a former royal town of Selangor is situated...
, Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
) is a former badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player from Malaysia and a prominent world-class doubles player during the mid 1980s to early 1990s.
He is the second oldest brother after Misbun
Misbun Sidek
Dato' Mohmed Misbun Sidek is a Malaysian former badminton player who rated among world's leading men's singles players of the 1980s. He is the eldest of the famous six Sidek brothers, all of whom were actively involved in international badminton scene...
amongst the six Sidek brothers who played badminton. He usually plays doubles with his younger brother, Jalani
Jalani Sidek
Mohamed Jalani Mohamad Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia....
. Razif won a gold medal for Malaysia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
1982 Commonwealth Games
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the...
doubles with Ong Beng Teong
Ong Beng Teong
Ong Beng Teong is a former badminton player from Malaysia.-Career:Ong Beng Teong won the gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the men's doubles together with Razif Sidek. In the 1988 Thomas Cup he represented Malaysia and reached with the team the final of the cup...
. Razif and Jalani won the All England Championship title in 1982 after beating the Scottish pair, Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers.
He was also a member of the Malaysian squad that won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 25 years, in a 3-2 victory over Indonesia at the National Stadium in 1992. He created history by becoming the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medal in Barcelona 1992
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
. They won a bronze medal for Malaysia after reaching the semi-finals in the men's doubles category where they lost to the Korean pair, Park Joo-bong
Park Joo-bong
Park Joo-bong is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid 1990s....
and Kim Moon-Soo
Kim Moon-soo (badminton)
Kim Moon-Soo is a former badminton player from South Korea.He has won 2 titles in the World Badminton Championships in men's doubles. He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics and 3 All England Open Badminton Championships in men's doubles...
.
During his career with Jalani, they become one of the best four doubles pair in the world (Park Joo-bong
Park Joo-bong
Park Joo-bong is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid 1990s....
/Kim Moon-soo
Kim Moon-soo (badminton)
Kim Moon-Soo is a former badminton player from South Korea.He has won 2 titles in the World Badminton Championships in men's doubles. He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics and 3 All England Open Badminton Championships in men's doubles...
, Rudy Gunawan
Rudy Gunawan
Rudy Gunawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. Tall, and powerfully built, he won numerous major international titles, mainly in men's doubles but also in mixed doubles, from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s.-Career:Rudy Gunawan...
/Eddy Hartono
Eddy Hartono
Eddy Hartono Arbie is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who excelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and fluent strokes.-Career:...
and Tian Bingyi
Tian Bingyi
Tian Bingyi is a former badminton star for China. Though he played some singles internationally early in his career, he soon specialized in men's doubles.-Career:...
/Li Yongbo
Li Yongbo
Li Yongbo is a retired Chinese male badminton player and now the head coach of Chinese National Badminton Team.-Career:As a player he was a men's doubles specialist noted for his quickness, reflexes, and power. From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s he shared numerous international titles with his...
) from the 1980s until the early 1990s. After he retired as a badminton player, he was appointed as Malaysian national coach from 1994 until 1996.
Honours
Honours (with Jalani)
- All EnglandAll England Open Badminton ChampionshipsThe All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
Champion 1982
- Canadian Open Champion 1983, 1984, 1991
- Thailand OpenThailand Open (badminton)The Thailand Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Thailand since 1984. It was halted in 1986, 1998, 2002 and 2010.-Past winners:-External links:***...
Runner-up 1984
- Malaysian OpenMalaysia Open (badminton)The Malaysia Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament has been held since 1937 and has been played in different locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, Kuantan....
Champion 1985, 1987
- World Grand PrixWorld Badminton Grand PrixThe World Badminton Grand Prix was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last...
Champion 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991
- Japanese OpenJapan Open (badminton)The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
Champion 1986
- Taiwan OpenChinese Taipei Open (badminton)The Chinese Taipei Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s,but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1997 they are regularly held, unless in the 2001 edition, due to the economic crisis in Asia....
Champion 1986, 1989, 1991
- All EnglandAll England Open Badminton ChampionshipsThe All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
Runner-up 1986, 1988
- Malaysian OpenMalaysia Open (badminton)The Malaysia Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament has been held since 1937 and has been played in different locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, Kuantan....
Runner-up 1991
- Indonesian OpenIndonesia Open (badminton)The Indonesia Open in an annual badminton tournament organized by Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia and held in Indonesia since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Premier Super Series status in 2011....
Champion 1988, 1990
- China OpenChina Open (badminton)The China Open is an annual badminton tournament held in People's Republic of China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
Champion 1989
- Hong Kong OpenHong Kong Open (badminton)The Hong Kong Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Hong Kong since 1982, but it did not take place annually. It is organized by Hong Kong Badminton Association and it became one of the Super Series tournament in 2007. In 2008, Wang Chen became the first home player to win the Hong Kong...
Champion 1989
- Thomas CupThomas CupThe Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...
Runner-up 1988, 1990 (men team event)
- SEA GamesBadminton at the Southeast Asian GamesBadminton is a Southeast Asian Games event and has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games in 1959.-Medal table:-Individual competition:-Team competition:-References:***...
Champion 1989, 1991 (men team event)
- Commonwealth GamesBadminton at the Commonwealth GamesBadminton debuted at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.-Location of the Commonwealth Games:The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of badminton at the Commonwealth Games.-Individual competition:-Medal table:-References:...
Champion 1990
- Germany OpenGerman Open (badminton)The German Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Germany since 1955 and organized by German Badminton Association or Deustcher Badminton Verband ....
1990
- World CupBadminton World CupThe World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group . It was held between 1981 and 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as invitational tournament in 2005...
Champion 1990, 1991
- US Open Champion 1991
- Asian Badminton Championships Champion 1990, 1991, 1992
- Thomas CupThomas CupThe Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...
Champion 1992 (men team event)
- Olympic Games 1992Badminton at the 1992 Summer OlympicsBadminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la...
(bronze medal)
Honours (with Ong Beng Teong)
- Commonwealth GamesBadminton at the Commonwealth GamesBadminton debuted at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.-Location of the Commonwealth Games:The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of badminton at the Commonwealth Games.-Individual competition:-Medal table:-References:...
Champion 1982
Honours as Single Player
- Commonwealth GamesBadminton at the Commonwealth GamesBadminton debuted at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.-Location of the Commonwealth Games:The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of badminton at the Commonwealth Games.-Individual competition:-Medal table:-References:...
1982 (bronze medal)