Taufik Hidayat (born August 10, 1981) is a professional badminton player from Indonesia. He is the current worldchampion and Olympic champion in the men's singles. He also won the Indonesian Open six times ( 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).

Hidayat is known for his relaxed smooth playing style and is one of the best all round players in the world. According to many players he has the ability to win against any player in the world when he really sets his mind to it. On the other hand he can lose to lower ranked players when he is not completly focused.

Hidayat played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Hidetaka Yamada of Japan and Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Hidayat defeated Peter Gade of Denmark 15-12, 15-12. Hidayat advanced to the semifinals, in which he beat Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 15-9, 15-2. Playing in the gold medal match, he defeated Korean Shon Seung Mo 15-8, 15-7 to win the gold medal.

In August 2005, he defeated world number one Lin Dan of China, 15-3, 15-7 in the men's singles final of The IBF World Championship. He is the only player to date to have won gold medals in both the Olympics and the World Championships.

He married Ami Gumelar, daughter of Agum Gumelar, chairman of Indonesia's National Sports Committee (KONI), in Jakarta on February 2006.

Tournament Wins

• DJARUM INDONESIAN OPEN 2006
• XIV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005
• SINGAPORE OPEN 2005
• DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2004
• OLYMPIC GAMES 2004
• ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004
• SANYO INDONESIA OPEN 2003
• BUSAN ASIAN GAMES 2002
• SANYO INDONESIA OPEN 2002
• CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2002
• SINGAPORE OPEN 2001
• ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000
• MALAYSIA OPEN 2000
• INDONESIA OPEN 2000
• INDONESIA OPEN 1999
• BRUNEI OPEN 1998

1981 births | Living people Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Indonesian badminton players

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