Razif Sidek

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sidek is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Razif. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Mohamed Razif Mohd Sidek (born 29 May 1962) is a former badminton player from Malaysia and coach.^[1][2]

Razif Sidek
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Ajib
Birth name	Mohamed Razif bin Mohd Sidek
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1962-05-29) 29 May 1962 (age 63) Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Years active	1980-1994
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Career title(s)	32
Highest ranking	1 (1989)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Malaysia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Men's doubles World Championships 1987 Beijing Men's doubles 1989 Jakarta Men's doubles World Cup 1990 Bandung/Jakarta Men's doubles 1991 Macau Men's doubles 1988 Bangkok Men's doubles 1983 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1984 Jakarta Men's doubles 1985 Jakarta Men's doubles 1987 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles Thomas Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Team 1988 Kuala Lumpur Team 1990 Tokyo Team 1994 Jakarta Team 1986 Jakarta Team Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Men's doubles 1990 Auckland Men's doubles 1982 Brisbane Men's singles Asian Games 1990 Beijing Men's team 1990 Beijing Men's doubles Asian Championships 1992 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1985 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1985 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1989 Shanghai Men's team 1994 Shanghai Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1985 Bangkok Men's doubles 1989 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1991 Manila Men's team 1981 Manila Men's doubles 1981 Manila Men's team 1983 Singapore Men's team 1985 Bangkok Men's team 1989 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1991 Manila Men's doubles 1981 Manila Mixed doubles 1983 Singapore Mixed doubles 1985 Bangkok Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Personal life

He is the second eldest of the five Sidek brothers. Razif and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their father, Haji Mohd Sidek. Razif Sidek is one of the alumni of Victoria Institution (batch 1975–1980).^[3]

He is married to a former model, Khalidah Khalid and the couple has five children.^[4] In addition, his youngest son, Mohd Fazriq is also active in badminton.^[5] He became a grandfather in December 2018, after one of his children became a first-time parent.^[6]

Career

His regular partner is his younger brother, Jalani. Razif won a gold medal for Malaysia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games doubles with Ong Beng Teong.^[7] They won the All England Championships in 1982 after beating the Scottish pair, Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers.

The Sidek brothers won almost every title on offer during their playing career, including the World Grand Prix, World Cup, SEA Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships. They introduced the “S” Service, which caused a deceptively erratic shuttle movement. The service was eventually banned by the International Badminton Federation (IBF).^[8]

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.^[9] He was the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic Games medal in Barcelona 1992.^[10] 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.^[11]

Coaching

After he retired, he served as Malaysian national head coach from 1994 until 1996.^[12] Razif guided Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock to Malaysia's first-ever Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	11–15, 13–15	Bronze

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	2–15, 15–8, 9–15	Silver
1989	Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	10–15, 9–15	Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	15–10, 5–15, 7–15	Bronze
1984	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	9–15, 1–15	Bronze
1985	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Jalani Sidek	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	14–17, 11–15	Bronze
1987	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	6–15, 12–15	Bronze
1988	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Walkover	Silver
1990	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	14–17, 15–8, 15–7	Gold
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	15–18, 15–11, 15–2	Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	5–15, 15–18	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	5–15, 15–8, 2–15	Silver
1992	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jalani Sidek	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–4, 15–6	Gold
1994	Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China	Jalani Sidek	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	8–15, 10–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	12–15, 6–15	Silver
1985	Chulalongkorn University Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Jalani Sidek	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	6–15, 15–11, 15–5	Gold
1989	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	11–15, 12–15	Silver
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	11–15, 6–15	Silver

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Chandler Sports Hall, Brisbane, Australia	Keith Priestman	15–8, 15–2	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Chandler Sports Hall, Brisbane, Australia	Ong Beng Teong	Martin Dew Nick Yates	15–10, 17–15	Gold
1990	Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand	Jalani Sidek	Cheah Soon Kit Rashid Sidek	15–8, 15–8	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (21 titles, 23 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Canada Open	Jalani Sidek	Mark Freitag Bob MacDougall	15–3, 15–4	Winner
1983	Holland Masters	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	4–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1984	Thailand Open	Ong Beng Teong	Christian Hadinata Hadibowo Susanto	6–15, 15–12, 10–15	Runner-up
1984	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Lee Deuk-choon	6–15, 15–12, 10–15	Runner-up
1984	Canada Open	Jalani Sidek	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1985	Denmark Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	14–17, 8–15	Runner-up
1985	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Martin Dew Dipak Tailor	18–16, 12–15, 15–3	Winner
1985	Malaysian Masters	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	10–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1986	Chinese Taipei Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Chung-soo Lee Deuk-choon	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1986	Japan Open	Jalani Sidek	Bobby Ertanto Rudy Heryanto	15–11, 15–2	Winner
1986	All England Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	2–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1986	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Bobby Ertanto Rudy Heryanto	15–10, 11–15, 15–10	Winner
1986	Indonesia Open	Jalani Sidek	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	3–15, 15–12, 12–15	Runner-up
1986	World Grand Prix Finals	Jalani Sidek	Eddy Hartono Hadibowo Susanto	10–15, 15–5, 18–13	Winner
1987	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Walkover	Winner
1987	English Masters	Jalani Sidek	Shuji Matsuno Shinji Matsuura	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1987	Denmark Open	Jalani Sidek	Jan-Eric Antonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–11, 15–7	Winner
1988	All England Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1988	French Open	Jalani Sidek	Park Joo-bong Sung Han-kuk	8–15, 15–12, 12–15	Runner-up
1988	Thailand Open	Rashid Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	3–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1988	Indonesia Open	Jalani Sidek	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	16–18, 15–5, 15–2	Winner
1988	English Masters	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1988	Denmark Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	6–15, 15–8, 4–15	Runner-up
1988	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1988	World Grand Prix Finals	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	10–15, 15–6, 15–8	Winner
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Jalani Sidek	Jan-Eric Antonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–3, 15–2	Winner
1989	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	12–15, 15–10, 7–15	Runner-up
1989	Thailand Open	Cheah Soon Kit	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1989	China Open	Jalani Sidek	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	9–15, 17–14, 15–12	Winner
1989	Hong Kong Open	Jalani Sidek	Chen Yu He Xiangyang	15–12, 15–6	Winner
1989	Denmark Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1989	Indonesia Open	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1989	World Grand Prix Finals	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	15–9, 15–5	Winner
1990	Swedish Open	Jalani Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1990	French Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	3–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1990	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	4–15, 15–13, 4–15	Runner-up
1990	Indonesia Open	Jalani Sidek	Thomas Indracahya Reony Mainaky	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1991	Chinese Taipei Open	Jalani Sidek	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1991	Japan Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	4–15, retired	Runner-up
1991	Malaysia Open	Jalani Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1991	Canada Open	Jalani Sidek	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–11, 15–12	Winner
1991	US Open	Jalani Sidek	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	18–13, 13–15, 15–3	Winner
1991	World Grand Prix Finals	Jalani Sidek	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–10, 12–15, 18–15	Winner
1992	China Open	Jalani Sidek	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–17, 11–15	Runner-up

IBF International (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	German Open	Jalani Sidek	Duncan Bridge Martin Dew	6–15, 15–11, 9–15	Runner-up
1982	All England Open	Jalani Sidek	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	8–15, 15–9, 15–10	Winner
1983	German Open	Jalani Sidek	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	15–8, 12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1989	Singapore Open	Jalani Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1990	Australia Open	Jalani Sidek	Hengky Irawan Ardy Wiranata	15–8, 18–15	Winner

Honours

• Malaysia:
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1982)
  • Herald of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (BSD) (1987)
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1992)^[13]

See also

• Misbun Sidek
• Jalani Sidek
• Rahman Sidek
• Rashid Sidek