Profile Of Taufik Hidayat, Badminton Legend Who Becomes Deputy Minister Of Youth And Sports

Taufik Hidayat became Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Red and White Cabinet (Instagram/@taufhidayatofficial).

JAKARTA Taufik Hidayat officially occupies the position of Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports (Wamenpora) in the Red and White Cabinet for the 2024-2029 term of service.

The name of the badminton legend was announced by President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on Sunday, October 20, 2024, evening WIB.

He was then inaugurated along with 55 other deputy ministers on Monday, October 21, 2024, in the same place.

Taufik's presence to help the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Dito Ariotedjo, is expected to be able to bring significant changes in the development of Indonesian sports.

"In the world of sports, Taufik (Hidayat) is a legend. When it comes down, I am sure it will provide positive energy and atmosphere," said Dito on the Kemenpora website as reported on Monday, October 21, 2024.

The signal showing Taufik will be part of Prabowo Subianto's fat kebinet Gibran Rakabuming Raka has been seen since the President was summoned by the President to his residence in Kertanegara, South Jakarta, on October 15, 2024.

When meeting Prabowo, Taufik was asked to fill the position in the cabinet according to his skills. As predicted, he also officially sat in Wamenpora according to his background as a former athlete.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports environment is actually not Taufik Hidayat's new place. He was previously appointed as Deputy Chair of the 2016-2017 Golden Indonesia Program Implementation Unit (Satlak Prima) and became a special staff at the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2017-2018.

Here's Taufik Hidayat's Complete Profile

Taufik Hidayat was born in Bandung, West Java, on August 10, 1981. Since childhood he has shown interest and talent in badminton.

His journey in the world of sports began when he decided to join the badminton club SGS PLN Bandung. While there, Taufik experienced very rapid developments.

Taufik then entered the national training camp (Pelatnas) of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) in 1996. Since then, he has succeeded in making various achievements at the junior and senior levels.

The history of sweet travel began to be engraved by Taufik when he won the men's singles gold medal from the Asian Junior Championship in Manila, Fililina, in 1997. In the same event, he helped the Indonesian team win a silver medal.

In 1998, Taufik was the most qualified in the Indonesian men's badminton team who won the 1998 Asian Games.

A year later, Taufik won the men's singles gold medal at the Brunai Darussalam SEA Games. In the same event he also contributed to helping the men's team get a gold medal.

In addition, he is also a member of the Indonesian team who successfully brought the Thomas Cup back to Indonesia on two different occasions, in Kuala Lumpur 2000 and Guangzhou 2002, respectively.

Taufik was also recorded as a world champion, Asian Games champion, and ranked first in the world. As the men's singles number one he got when he was 19.

Throughout his career, Taufik was recorded as having won one world champion (2005), collecting three Asian titles (2000, 2004, 2007), two Asian Games gold medals (2002, 2006), two SEA Games gold medals (1999, 2007).

Taufik's peak achievement was to win the 2004 Olympic gold medal in Athens after in his debut edition in Sydney 2000 he only reached the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, he failed to maintain the medal in the next edition of Beijing 2008.