coach event current_ranking date_of_current_ranking birth_place weight highest_ranking height handedness birth_date image article_title name date_of_highest_ranking size
mulyo handoyo men 's singles retired 2014 ina bandung , west java , indonesia 65 kg lb st on 1 1.76 0 right 10 august 1981 badminton-taufik hidayat.jpg taufik hidayat
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taufik hidayat

taufik hidayat -lrb- born 10 august 1981 in bandung , west java -rrb- is a retired indonesian badminton player .
he is a former world and olympic champion in men 's singles .
he has also won the indonesian open six times -lrb- 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 and 2006 -rrb- .
when he was young , he joined the sgs club , a badminton club in bandung , where he trained under iie sumirat .
hidayat won the men 's singles competition in badminton at the 2004 summer olympics .
in august 2005 , he won the men 's singles competition at the ibf world championships .
he also won the gold medal at the asian games twice , at busan in 2002 and doha in 2006 .
popular media has at times focused on the perceived rivalry between hidayat and chinese player lin dan , referring to the two as `` arch rivals '' .
in november 2012 , hidayat built a badminton training center named taufik hidayat arena -lrb- tha -rrb- , located at ciracas , east jakarta .
the center is owned and named after himself .
tha is structured based on true passion , forms of struggle , and desire of a former of world and olympic champion , taufik hidayat .
