Rashid Sidek

He is the youngest of the famous five Sidek brothers. Rashid and his siblings gained exposure to badminton from their father, Mohd Sidek, a former player turned coach. Under the guidance of their father, Rashid and the rest of his siblings were trained to be champions from an early age. Additionally, Rashid was also an alumnus of Victoria Institution from the 1981–1986 batch.^[2]

After completing his Sijil Penilaian Menengah (SPM) exam, he was injected into the Project 1988/90 squad with the aim of regaining the Thomas Cup. In the 1990 Thomas Cup, Rashid played well but Malaysia lost the finals to China 1–4.

He won the Malaysian Open title for three consecutive years in 1990, 1991, and 1992. As a result, he became known by many as “jaguh kampung” (literally, "local hero"). In the Thomas Cup final in 1992, he beat Ardy Wiranata to give Malaysia the first point in a dramatic 3-2 win over rivals Indonesia - the first championship won by Malaysia in 25 years, and the last to this day.^[3]

Over the next three years, Rashid's performance declined, but he bounced back in 1996, when he won the Asia Cup and German Open, then reached the finals of the All England before losing to Paul-Erik Hoyer Larsen from Denmark. His ranking rose to among the top three in the world. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, beating the top seed, Joko Suprianto of Indonesia en route to the semi-finals, where he was beaten by Dong Jiong. However, he beat Indonesia's 1995 world champion, Heryanto Arbi, 5-15, 15-11, 15-6 in the third place playoff.

In 1997, Rashid reached the top of the world ranking.^[4] He later began to make way for new generation players like Wong Choong Hann, Yong Hock Kin and Roslin Hashim.

He retired in 2000, when aged only 32, to make way for younger and new generation players.

Upon his retirement, Rashid was appointed as national coach by the Badminton Association of Malaysia from 2003 until 2015.^[5] He became instrumental for the success of the new generation badminton players such as Daren Liew and Chong Wei Feng. Apart from that, he was a coach for Nusa Mahsuri, the first professional badminton club in Malaysia from 1996 to 2002.^[6] Currently, he acts as the advisor for the club which he had set up with his brother, Jalani.

He also became national para-badminton coach, serving as Cheah Liek Hou's coach who won the first ever gold medal in para-badminton at 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.^[7]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Hariyanto Arbi	5–15, 15–11, 15–6	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India	Joko Suprianto	9–15, 3–15	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Zhao Jianhua	2–15, 5–15	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Foo Kok Keong	4–15, 15–11, 15–2	Gold
1992	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Foo Kok Keong	15–9, 15–3	Gold

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Bambang Suprianto	15–10, 15–11	Gold
1996	Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea	Luo Yigang	18–14, 15–5	Gold

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Eddy Kurniawan	10–15, 7–15	Bronze
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Joko Suprianto	10–15, 9–15	Bronze
1995	Gymnasium 3, 700th Anniversary Sport Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Ardy Wiranata	11–15, 10–15	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand	Foo Kok Keong	15–8, 15–10	Gold
1994	McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Ong Ewe Hock	15–6, 15–4	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand	Cheah Soon Kit	Razif Sidek   Jalani Sidek	8–15, 8–15	Silver

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	French Open	Foo Kok Keong	11–15, 13–18	Runner-up
1990	Malaysia Open	Foo Kok Keong	18–17, 15–6	Winner
1990	World Grand Prix Finals	Eddy Kurniawan	13–18, 15–9, 2–15	Runner-up
1991	Malaysia Open	Foo Kok Keong	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1992	Malaysia Open	Thomas Stuer Lauridsen	15–5, 15–7	Winner
1992	World Grand Prix Finals	Alan Budikusuma	15–9, 5–15, 15–7	Winner
1994	Malaysia Open	Joko Suprianto	3–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1995	Brunei Open	Jeffer Rosobin	15–9, 15–3	Winner
1996	Chinese Taipei Open	Dong Jiong	11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1996	All England Open	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1996	German Open	Ong Ewe Hock	15–11, 15–2	Winner
1999	Chinese Taipei Open	Fung Permadi	17–16, 6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2000	Korea Open	Peter Gade	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Thailand Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	3–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Rashid was portrayed by Farid Kamil, a biopic film by Adrian Teh entitle Gold is a journey story Paralympic badminton athlete Lien Hou and Rashid as coach train him for Olympic Tokyo 2020.

•   Malaysia :
  •   Herald of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (BSD) (1989)
  •   Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (1991)
  •   Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1993)
  •   Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)^[8][9]

• Misbun Sidek
• Razif Sidek
• Jalani Sidek
• Rahman Sidek