Markis Kido

Markis Kido
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1984-08-11) 11 August 1984 Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (September, 2007)
Current ranking	14 (August 29 2013 [1])
Medal record Competitor for  Indonesia Men's badminton Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Men's doubles World Championships Gold 2007 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles Bronze 2010 Paris Men's doubles Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou Men's doubles Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Men's team Bronze 2006 Doha Men's doubles Bronze 2006 Doha Men's team Sudirman Cup Silver 2007 Glasgow Team Bronze 2009 Guangzhou Team Thomas Cup Silver 2010 Kuala Lumpur Team Bronze 2008 Jakarta Team Bronze 2006 Tokyo Team
BWF profile

Markis Kido (born August 11, 1984 in Jakarta, DKI Jakarta) is a male badminton player from Indonesia, one of the world's leading men's doubles specialists. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 2008 with Hendra Setiawan.

Career

In 2005, with Hendra Setiawan, he won the Asian Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open. In 2006, the pair also won the Jakarta Satellite, the Hong Kong Open and the China Open after defeating Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 21–16, 21–16 at the finals.

In 2007 they became world champions after defeating Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae from South Korea, 21–19 and 21–19, at the World Championships finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2007 was a very big year for them. They also won the China Super Series after beating China's Guo Zhengdong and Xie Zhongbo 21–12, 21–19 in the finals, and the BWF World Cup Invitation after defeating Malaysia's Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari and Lin Woon Fui 21–18, 21–15 in the finals at Yiyang, Hunan. They were runners-up at the China Masters Super Series, losing the final to China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, 15–21, 16–21. In September they won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold event. In December 2007, they won the Hong Kong Super Series, defeating the famous veterans Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan 21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the finals. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, they helped the Indonesian team win the gold medal in the men's team event, and won gold in men's doubles at the individual event after beating the Indonesian born pair of Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya who represented Singapore, 21–17 and 21–12.

In January 2008 they won the Malaysian Super Series. Later that year they teamed to capture their most prestigious prize, the Olympic gold medal in men's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. They defeated the Chinese pair of Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 12–21, 21–11, 21–16 in a thrilling match which more than avenged their loss to the same pair at the China Masters the previous summer. In September 2008 they took the 2008 China Masters Super Series after beating China's Sun Junjie and Xu Chen in straight sets in the final round. In October 2008 Kido and Setiawan teamed to win the Denmark Super Series after beating China's Fu Haifeng and Shen Ye 21–18, 21–19 in the finals. They captured the French Super Series in early November 2008 after beating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in the final round.

In January 2009 they won the Malaysian Super Series. In September 2009 they won Japan Super Series after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan and Yonatan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in the final round. In October 2009 they won French Super Series

On 17 December 2009 they defeated Malaysian duo Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong to win Gold at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos

They continued their domination to win the Gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou after beating Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 1 time at Sudirman Cup (2007)
• 3 times at Thomas Cup (2006, 2008, 2010)

Personal life

He started playing badminton in Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parents are Djumharbey Anwar (father) and Yul Asteria Zakaria (mother). In spare time he plays football. His brother, Bona Septano, and sister, Pia Zebadiah Bernadet, are also Indonesian national badminton players.

Achievements

Mixed Doubles with Pia Zebadiah Bernadet

Mens Doubles with Markus Fernaldi Gideon

Mens Doubles with Alvent Yulianto Chandra

Mens Doubles with Hendra Setiawan

References

v t e World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of January 30, 2014   Men's singles 1. Lee C W () 2. Chen L () 3. T Sugiarto () 4. J Ø Jørgensen () 5. K Tago () 6. B Ponsana () 7. Du PY () 8. Nguyễn T M () 9. Wang ZM () 10. Hu Y ()   Women's singles 1. Li XR () 2. Wang YH () 3. R Intanon () 4. Wang SX () 5. Sung J-h () 6. Bae Youn-joo () 7. S Nehwal (2) 8. Tai T-y (1) 9. J Schenk (1) 10. P V Shindu (1)   Men's doubles 1. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 2. Ko S-h / Lee Y-d () 3. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 4. M Boe / C Mogensen () 5. Kim K-j / Kim S-r () 6. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 7. Koo K K / Tan B H () 8. Hoon T H / Tan W K () 9. A Pratama / R A Saputra () 10. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h ()   Women's doubles 1. Wang XL / Yu Y () 2. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 3. Ma J / Tang JH () 4. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 5. Bao YX / Tang JH () 6. Jung K-e / Kim H-n () 7. P Z Bernadeth / R A Pradipta () 8. Jang Y-n / Kim S-y () 9. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 10. N K Maheswari / G Polii ()   Mixed doubles 1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 5. C Adcock / G Adcock () 6. Chan P S / Goh L Y () 7. M Kido / P Z Bernadeth () 8. S Prapakamol / S Thungthonkam () 9. Shin B-c / Jang Y-n () 10. P Jordan / V Marissa ()

v t e Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players - Men's doubles as of 30 January 2014 1. M Ahsan / H Setiawan (1 ) 2. A Pratama / R Saputra (9 ) 3. M Gideon / M Kido (19 ) 4. W Nayaka / A Yusuf (28 ) 5. M Kido / A Yulianto (30 ) 6. B Angriawan / R Suwardi (39 1) 7. C Rusdianto / T Wardhana (45 2) 8. Y Dasuki / H Gunawan (47 2) 9. F Kurniawan / B Septano (50 11) 10. R Suwardi / M Ulinnuha (55 2)

v t e Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players - Mixed doubles as of 30 January 2014 1. T Ahmad / L Natsir (2 ) 2. M Kido / P Bernadeth (7 ) 3. P Jordan / V Marissa (10 ) 4. M Rijal / D Susanto (13 ) 5. R Widianto / R Dili (15 ) 6. I Fadhilah / W Anggraini (24 ) 7. L Nugroho / A Saufika (32 1) 8. F Kurniawan / S Irawati (38 ) 9. E Subaktiar / G Widjaja (39 ) 10. M Gideon / R Pradipta (52 2)