Razif Sidek
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| Razif Sidek | ||
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 Mural of Sidek Brothers in Muzium Negara |
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname(s) | Ajib | |
| Birth name | Mohamed Razif Mohamad Sidek | |
| Date of birth | May 29, 1962 | |
| Place of birth | Banting, Selangor | |
| Men's doubles | ||
| Country |  Malaysia |
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Mohamed Razif Mohamad Sidek (Nickname: Ajib) (born May 29, 1962 in Banting, Selangor) is a former badminton player from Malaysia.
He is the second oldest brother after Misbun amongst the five Sidek brothers who played badminton. He usually plays doubles with his younger brother, Jalani. Razif and Jalani won the All England Championship title in 1982 after beating the Scottish pair, Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers.
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. 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.
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 1980's until the early 1990's. After he retired as a badminton player, he was appointed as Malaysian national coach from 1994 until 1996.
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[edit] Honours
| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | Doubles | |
[edit] Honours (with Jalani)
- All England Champion 1982
- Canadian Open Champion 1983, 1984, 1991
- Thailand Open Runner-up 1984
- Malaysian Open Champion 1985, 1987
- World Grand Prix Champion 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991
- Japanese Open Champion 1986
- Taiwan Open Champion 1986, 1989, 1991
- All England Runner-up 1986, 1988
- Malaysian Open Runner-up 1991
- Indonesian Open Champion 1988, 1990
- China Open Champion 1989
- Hong Kong Open Champion 1989
- Thomas Cup Runner-up 1988, 1990 (men team event)
- SEA Games Champion 1989, 1991 (men team event)
- Commonwealth Games Champion 1990
- Germany Open 1990
- World Cup Champion 1990, 1991
- US Open Champion 1991
- Asian Badminton Championships Champion 1990, 1991, 1992
- Thomas Cup Champion 1992 (men team event)
- Olympic Games 1992 (bronze medal)
[edit] Honours (with Ong Beng Teong)
- Commonwealth Games Champion 1982
[edit] Honours as Single Player
- Commonwealth Games 1982 (bronze medal)
