Rashid Sidek
Abdul Rashid Mohamed Sidek ( born July 8, 1968 in Banting, Selangor ) is a former Malaysian badminton player. He is the second youngest of the six Sidek brothers. His siblings Jalani and Razif 1992 won bronze in the double at the Olympics, the eldest brother Misbun won among others the German Open, Chinese Taipei Open and Singapore Open. Rahman Sidek could internationally rarely put in the forefront of the scene, however. Famous is Sideks by one of them created extremely cut up, which was later banned by the IBF.
Career
Rashid Sidek won in 1980 at the age of twelve years, the national youth championship in badminton and is still the youngest winner. 1990 and 1994 he won the gold medal in singles at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland and Victoria. In addition, Rashid Sidek was 1992 Asian champion. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Rashid Sidek won the bronze medal in the individual tournament. In the third place match he beat the world champion this Heryanto Arbi. 1997 was Rashid Sidek at number one in the world rankings.
Today Rashid Sidek works as a trainer for the Badminton Association of Malaysia.