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Taufik Hidayat! Taufik Hidayat, born August 10th, 1981, is an Indonesian badminton player. Taufik is currently 28 years old. He was born in Bandung, West Java, and is the former world champion and also a former Olympic champion in the men’s singles. Taufik has won the Indonesian Open six times in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. Unfortunately, though he was number one in 2000, this year he is only number four.  When he was younger, Mr Hidayat joined the SGS Club, which is a badminton club in Bandung. He was trained by Lie Sumirat. Taufik played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men’s singles, defeating two major competitors in the first two rounds. He went on to win the gold, which is very rare for Indonesia at the Olympics. In August 2005, Taufik defeated world number one, Lin Dan, of China, in the men’s singles and below is a list of those achievements. · 6 times winner, Indonesian Open · 2 times winner, Asian Games · 1 time winner, World Championships · 1 time winner, Summer Olympics · 2 times winner, Thomas Cup · 3 times winner, Asia Championships · <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">3 times winner, Singapore Open <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2 times winner, China Open <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 time winner, Malaysia Open <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 time winner, Macau Open Badminton Championships <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 time winner, India Open <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 time winner, US Open <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Won the Brunei Open at the age of 16 <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Won gold medal, SEA Games <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Won gold medal for team event, SEA Games <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2 times Runner-up, All England <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 time Runner-up French Super Series <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 20.0pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1 time Runner-up, Indonesian Open <span style="font-size: 22pt; color: #323232; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I think Taufik Hidayat is important to Indonesia because he has won many events for Indonesia. He has had a very successful career in Badminton, and is still going today.