GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi

Date of Birth: 9 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: JAKARTA

Birth Country:

Indonesia

Place of residence : JAKARTA

Residence Country:

Indonesia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Men's Doubles INA GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi/SUKAMULJO Kevin Sanjaya	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 2	Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group A #502 INA GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi/SUKAMULJO Kevin Sanjaya 2 GBR LANE Ben/VENDY Sean 0	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 1	Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group A #514 INA GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi/SUKAMULJO Kevin Sanjaya 2 IND RANKIREDDY Satwiksairaj/SHETTY Chirag 0	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 2	Men's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group A #519 INA GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi/SUKAMULJO Kevin Sanjaya 1 TPE LEE Yang/WANG Chi-Lin 2	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 2	Men's Doubles Quarterfinal #525 INA GIDEON Marcus Fernaldi/SUKAMULJO Kevin Sanjaya 0 MAS CHIA Aaron/SOH Wooi Yik 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Men's Doubles	2018	Nanjing, CHN
Quarterfinal	Men's Doubles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
Last 16	Men's Doubles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN
Last 32	Men's Doubles	2019	Basel, SUI
Last 64	Mixed Doubles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men's Doubles	2018	Indonesia
2	Men's Team	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men's Doubles	2019	Wuhan, CHN

Asian Championships Team

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men's Team	2020	Manila, PHI
1	Men's Team	2018	Alor Setar, MAS

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men's Doubles	2017	Dubai, UAE
3	Men's Doubles	2019	Guangzhou, CHN
1st Round	Men's Doubles	2018	Guangzhou, CHN

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64	Group
2021	Doubles M	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	Doubles M	1x	1x	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	Doubles M	8x	-	1x	4x	-	1x	-	-
2018	Doubles M	8x	1x	1x	1x	-	-	-	-

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32
2017	Doubles M	6x	2x	1x	-	-	1x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Fuzhou, CHN
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Paris, FRA
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Odense, DEN
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Changzhou, CHN
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Tokyo, JPN
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Hong Kong, CHN
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Fuzhou, CHN
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Odense, DEN
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Tokyo, JPN
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Birmingham, GBR
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	New Delhi, IND
1	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Hong Kong, CHN
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Fuzhou, CHN
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Tokyo, JPN
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	New Delhi, IND
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Birmingham, GBR

Thomas & Uber Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men's Team	2018	Bangkok, THA

TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Mixed Team	2019	Nanning, CHN
Group 1	Mixed Team	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Sinyo. (jawapos.com, 14 Mar 2017)

Cars, travelling, playing video games. (global.toyota, 19 Jan 2021; kumparan.com, 01 May 2017)

Occupation:

Wife Agnes, son Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Jr. [2019], daughter Jemima Frederica Gideon [2021]

Languages spoken:

English, Indonesian

PB Jaya Raya [Jakarta, INA]

Herry Iman Pierngadi [national], INA; Aryono Miranat [national], INA

Right (stringersworld.com, 12 Mar 2017)

Sporting relatives:

His father Kurniahu Gideon has played badminton at national level in Indonesia and served as a coach. (sportfeat.bolasport.com, 05 Sep 2020; bola.com, 21 Mar 2018, 13 Mar 2017)

He withdrew from the quarterfinals of the men's doubles at the 2018 World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, due to a neck injury. He suffered the same injury at the 2017 Super Series Finals in Dubai, United Arab Emirates but was able to continue playing and won gold in men's doubles. (suara.com, 20 Dec 2018; viva.co.id, 15 Dec 2018)

He began playing badminton at the PB Tangkas club in Jakarta, Indonesia at age nine. (kompas.com, 26 Dec 2020; cnnindonesia.com, 16 May 2020)

His father played badminton and encouraged him to take up the sport. "As a national player, my dad had high expectations of me. I always liked playing badminton as a child. I spent most of my childhood on the badminton court. At the same time I was not that fond of school. My parents eventually gave me the choice to choose between badminton and school. I chose badminton." (cnnindonesia.com, 16 May 2020; Ini Talk Show YouTube channel, 16 Mar 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (palu.tribunnews.com, 15 Jun 2020)

Winning gold in men's doubles at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jun 2021; jawapos.com, 06 Sep 2020)

Indonesian badminton players Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan. (kumparan.com, 01 May 2017)

His father. (global.toyota, 19 Jan 2021)

Philosophy:

"Dream it. Believe it. Achieve it." (Instagram profile, 01 Apr 2018)

He and doubles partner Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo jointly received the 2017 Male Player of the Year award from the Badminton World Federation [BWF]. (tempo.co, 12 Dec 2017)

General Interest

General
ACADEMY
In August 2020 he opened the Gideon Badminton Hall in Bogor, Indonesia, which features 10 courts and gym facilities. It was the idea of his father Kurniahu Gideon. "My father really likes badminton, and wanted to have his own hall to train in, so we built this one. The construction process took a year. There will also be an academy for those over the age of six. Hopefully it can be busy and it will make badminton even more popular." (Gideon Badminton Academy Instagram profile, 24 Apr 2021; observerid.com, 08 Sep 2020; indosport.com, 28 Aug 2020)

MINIONS NICKNAME
He and men's doubles partner Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo have been nicknamed 'The Minions' due to their diminutive stature and fast and agile playing style, which their fans say bears resemblance to the characters from the animated 'Despicable Me' films. "Since we wear yellow outfits on the court [like the characters from the films], we're fine with it. I don't think height impacts our performance. What's important is confidence." (Trans7 Official YouTube channel, 27 Mar 2018; indosport.com, 19 Mar 2018; cnnindonesia.com, 19 Dec 2017; uk.reuters.com, 13 Aug 2018)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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