Taufik Hidayat 🇮🇩 - Olympic Badminton Gold Medallist | Athlete Highlights

Taufik Hidayat is an Olympic Badminton Gold medallist. At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens he won the Men's Singles Badminton Final against South Korea's Shon Seung-mo. Before, Hidayat defeated Peter Gade of Denmark in the quarter final and Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the semifinal. We bring you Hidayat's top plays ever at the Olympics!


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[akunformalitas]

Before KPop he was every kids idol back then.

[apostleofd]

Taufik vs Lin Dan in their Prime is beyond sport. It was entertaining, inspiring and full of suspense.

[dedysuryo]

Before Rally point system, he's the King of Men Singles. Number One ranking in the World at 20 years old.

[bageaegab]

At some point, every indonesian kids wanted to be like him when they grow up.

[dedeputra]

The way Taufik play, his technique, his foot work, his magic backhand and his attitude on court is pure CLASS.

[preethamhegde]

It's really rare to see Lin Dan on the floor thinking of how he missed that shot.

[makonehofficial]

Back then Badminton is about techniques, but since the scoring is change (21point) Badminton is about power.
But still I always love badminton from time to time.

[jayhankatili]

i hope ginting can take his legacy back to indonesia, i miss so much indonesia single men bring back gold medal, anything is possible...

[stevetheboringguy]

still a Living Legend and will forever be

[yosafatdiasrenanda]

Taufik (1981), Lin Dan (1983), LCW (1982).. They are the same age, but they reach peak performance at different ages.

In 17 years old (1999), Taufik became the world number 1.. He already appeared in the All England championship final & became Indonesia Open champion & sea games gold medalist at that year... (FYI at that era, badminton tournament isn't as many as nowaday)

So it's not about whether they are the same age or not, it's about whether they hit their peak at the same time??.. For me, it's good enough for Taufik that he can still beat Lin Dan until last time at 2006 & Lee chong wei last time at 2010 🙏

[bocilbocilndeso]

Terima kasih taufik hidayat telah mengisi masa remajaku dengan mengidolakanmu 😊

[SuperApple]

what a legend! love how he plays with a calm mindset and is able to pick up shots coming his way

[novranalfarizi]

Taufik Hidayat is Humble yet he is so talented. He was always calm and relaxed while playing. I never see him get panic or being cocky

[arianagrande]

That "Indonesia, prok prok prok prok" is legend

[mhnbkcw]

Taufik Hidayat adalah salah satu dari para legenda yg sangat membanggakan negara indonesia di mata dunia ❤️🇮🇩🔥

[cjothTv]

0:38-0:42 huge respect to Booksak for shaking the umpire’s hand and putting up a smile after the match while showing respect to the crowd, especially in the Olympics :) just give it your all and be happy that you tried your best against the legend.

[robertloftman]

Awesome play. I showed this to my class in China for my Badminton Unit and they were amazed at how these players were smashing the balls over the net. Excellent work guys.

[Sophie-uihi]

He's such a legend his name along with Susi Susanti's appeared in tests when I was in elementary school. Kids used to play badminton on the streets every sunday morning. He really helped make badminton become super popular in Indonesia. Not to mention lots of parents named their kids Taufik Hidayat after him.

[zvannapallegrin]

Taufik Hidayat : the legend of backhand smash.

[okkydwi]

the legend of back hand smash, I bought my first racket after watching him on tv when he won the Thomas Cup