Razif Sidek

Razif Sidek
Personal information
Nickname(s) Ajib
Birth name Mohamad Razif bin Mohd Sidek
Country Malaysia
Born (1962-05-29) 29 May 1962
Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Years active 1980-1994
Handedness Right
Event Men's doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaMen's doubles
World Championships
1987 BeijingMen's doubles
1989 JakartaMen'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
1982 BrisbaneMen's doubles
1990 AucklandMen's doubles
1982 BrisbaneMen's singles
Southeast Asian Games
1985 BangkokMen's doubles
1989 Kuala LumpurMen's team
1991 ManilaMen's team
1985 BangkokMen's team
1985 BangkokMixed doubles
Asian Championships
1992 Kuala LumpurMen's doubles
BWF profile

Razif Sidek (born 29 May 1962 in Banting, Selangor) is a former professional badminton player from Malaysia and coach.

Personal life

He is the second eldest of the famous five Sidek brothers. Razif and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their father, Haji Mohd Sidek. Under the guidance of his father, Razif and the rest of his siblings were trained to be champions. Razif Sidek is the alumnus of Victoria Institution (batch 1975-1979).[1]

Career

His regular partner is his younger brother, Jalani. Razif won a gold medal for Malaysia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games doubles with Ong Beng Teong[2]. 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).[3]

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.[4] He created history by becoming the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic Games medal in Barcelona 1992[5]. 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[6].

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.

Coaching

After he retired, he served as Malaysian national head coach from 1994 until 1996.

Achievements

Singles

Doubles

with Jalani Sidek

with Leong Chai Lean

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Badminton Greats". www.viweb.freehosting.net. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ↑ GROOM, GRAHAM (2017-10-17). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780244940317.
  3. ↑ Khys (2010-11-29). "Arkib Negara X: Servis Sidek diharamkan (1982)". Arkib Negara X. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Master strokes in 1992 - Community | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Badminton – the Olympic Journey | BWF Olympics". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Other Sports: Razif awaits Malaysia's first gold as he grooms son Fazriq | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  8. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  9. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ajib Sidek Mohamed (Razif Haji "Ajib" Sidek Mohamed)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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