Jalani Sidek

Jalani Sidek
Personal information
Nickname(s) Alan
Birth name Mohd Jalani bin Mohd Sidek
Country Malaysia
Born (1963-11-10) 10 November 1963
Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Handedness Right
Event Men's doubles
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Men's badminton
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaMen's doubles
World Championships
1987 BeijingMen's doubles
World Cup
1990 Bandung/JakartaMen's doubles
1991 MacauMen's doubles
Thomas Cup
1992 Kuala LumpurTeam
1988 Kuala LumpurTeam
1990 TokyoTeam
1994 JakartaTeam
1986 JakartaTeam
Asian Games
1990 BeijingMen's team
1990 BeijingMen's doubles
Commonwealth Games
1990 AucklandMen's doubles
Southeast Asian Games
1985 BangkokMen's doubles
1989 Kuala LumpurMen's team
1991 ManilaMen's team
1985 BangkokMen's team
Asian Championships
1992 Kuala LumpurMen's doubles
BWF profile

Jalani Sidek (born 10 November 1963 in Banting, Selangor) is a former professional badminton player from Malaysia and coach.

Personal life

He is the third eldest of the five Sidek brothers. Jalani and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their father, Haji Mohd Sidek. Under the guidance of his father, Jalani and the rest of his siblings were trained to be champions. Jalani Sidek is the alumnus of Victoria Institution (batch 1976-1980).

Career

His regular partner is his elder brother, Razif. They made the nation sit up and take notice when they won the All England Championships in 1982 after beating the Scottish pair, Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers.

The Sidek brothers won almost every title on offer during their playing career, including the World Grand Prix, World Cup, SEA Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships. They introduced the infamous “S” Service, which caused a deceptively erratic shuttle movement, which confounded their opponents and officials alike. The service caused much uproar and was eventually banned by the International Badminton Federation (IBF).[1]

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.[2] 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[3].

During his career with Razif, 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.

Coaching

After he retired, he and his brothers established a badminton club to find talented new players, called Nusa Mahsuri, which he has been an advisor to since 1996[4]. He was also responsible in grooming players like Ong Ewe Hock, Yong Hock Kin, Pang Chen and the Hashim brothers, Roslin and Hafiz to become world-class badminton players.

Achievements

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See also

References

  1. ↑ Khys (2010-11-29). "Arkib Negara X: Servis Sidek diharamkan (1982)". Arkib Negara X. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Master strokes in 1992 - Community | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Badminton – the Olympic Journey | BWF Olympics". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Lebih 50 pemain berguru dengan anak-anak Sidek". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  5. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  6. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  7. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jalani Haji "Alan" Sidek Mohamed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013.
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