Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat (born August 10, 1981) is a male badminton player from Indonesia. Hidayat played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Hidetaka Yamada of Japan and Choong Hann Wong 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 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. He also won Indonesia Open five times: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
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