Rexy Mainaky

Rexy Mainaky
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Eky
Birth name	Rexy Ronald Mainaky
Country	Indonesia
Born	March 9, 1968 Ternate, Indonesia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1

Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born March 9, 1968 in Ternate) is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja.

Career

Medal record
Men's Badminton
Competitor for  Indonesia
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Doubles
World Championships
	1995 Lausanne	Men's Doubles
	1997 Glasgow	Men's Doubles
Badminton World Cup
	1993 New Delhi	Men's Doubles
	1995 Jakarta	Men's Doubles
	1997 Yogyakarta	Men's Doubles
Thomas Cup
	1994 Jakarta	Team
	1996 Hong Kong	Team
	1998 Hong Kong	Team
	2000 Malaysia	Team
	1992 Malaysia	Team

During the 1990s Mainaky and fellow countryman Ricky Subagja formed the most internationally successful team of the decade. Both noted for their quickness and power, Mainaky and Subagja won over thirty international titles together, including all of badminton's major championships at least once. They captured Olympic gold at Atlanta in 1996, the then biennial IBF World Championships in 1995 at Lausanne, Switzerland, and the venerable All-England Championships back to back in 1995 and 1996. A partial listing of their victories includes the China (1992), Indonesia (1993, 1994, 1998, 1999), Malaysia (1993, 1994, 1997), Korea (1995, 1996), and Denmark (1998) Opens; the World Badminton Grand Prix (1992, 1994, 1996), the Badminton World Cup (1993, 1995, 1997), and the quadrennial Asian Games (1994, 1998).

Mainaky and Subagja were bronze medalists at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals at both the 1992 and 2000 Olympics. Mainaky won the 2000 Asian Badminton Championships with another Indonesian doubles maestro, Tony Gunawan. He was a member of consecutive world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000.

IBF/BWF World Championships Finals

Year	Location	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Glasgow, Scotland	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	9-15, 15-2, 12-15	Bronze
1995	Lausanne, Switzerland	Ricky Subagja	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15-5, 15-2	Gold

Open Tournaments

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Badminton Asia Championships	Tony Gunawan	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	15-8, 15-9	Winner
2000	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	8-15, 15-9, 4-15	Runner-up
1999	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1998	Denmark Open	Ricky Subagja	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1998	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1997	Vietnam Open	Ricky Subagja	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15-11, 15-5	Winner
1997	Malaysia Open	Ricky Subagja	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	17-15, 15-12	Winner
1997	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15-11, 7-15, 15-7	Winner
1996	China Open	Ricky Subagja	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	12-15, 5-15	Runner-up
1996	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15-8, 12-15, 15-12	Winner
1996	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15-5, 17-14	Winner
1996	All England Open	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15–6, 15-5	Winner
1995	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15-8, 15-9	Winner
1995	All England Open	Ricky Subagja	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–12, 15–18, 15–8	Winner
1995	Singapore Open	Ricky Subagja	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15-7, 18-16	Winner
1994	Malaysia Open	Ricky Subagja	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15-5, 18-16	Winner
1994	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	10–15, 15–4, 18–17	Winner
1994	Singapore Open	Ricky Subagja	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15-6, 15-8	Winner
1994	All England Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	12-15, 12-15	Runner-up
1994	Hong Kong Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15-12, 14-17, 15-7	Winner
1994	Swedish Open	Ricky Subagja	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15-11, 15-12	Winner
1993	German Open	Ricky Subagja	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	14-17, 12-15	Runner-up
1993	Swedish Open	Ricky Subagja	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15-12, 15-10	Winner
1993	Malaysia Open	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15-7, 15-5	Winner
1993	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Eddy Hartono Richard Mainaky	15-13 15-10	Winner
1992	China Open	Ricky Subagja	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	17-15, 15-11	Winner
1992	Hong Kong Open	Ricky Subagja	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15-13, 15-10	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Ricky Subagja	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15-9, 12-15, 15-11	Winner
1992	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	12-15, 5-15	Runner-up

Post-playing career

Rexy is known amongst his peers and colleagues, and the game's fans, as one of the greatest doubles player of all time, alongside players such as Park Joo Bong, Kim Dong Moon, Tony Gunawan, Christian Hadinata, Tjun Tjun and Finn Kobbero. He is regarded as one of the best coaches in the world, alongside former player Park Joo Bong of Korea (currently head coach of Japanese badminton squad). Rexy's boyish charm and ethic of working hard whilst having as much fun as possible sparks great results wherever he goes. He is a truly unique asset to the world of badminton, and noted for his charity work through badminton, by playing in exhibitions across Asia and Europe post-competitive career.

Rexy became a coach after his playing career. He coached the Malaysian National Team's Doubles department and his biggest success was bringing up Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong. He guided the pair to an Asian Games Gold Medal in doha 2006. However, there was rumours about a fall out between Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong with Rexy as the pair requested for a change of coaches. Subsequently he left the Badminton Association of Malaysia in 2012 after seven years and joined the Philippines Badminton Association as Head Coach

After about a year Rexy left the Philippines Badminton Association and returned to his homeland Indonesia. He became Indonesia's high performance director and was basically the head of the Indonesia Badminton Team. He is currently still serving as the High performance director for Indonesia.

Sources

• PBSI: Rexy Mainaky profile (Indonesian)
• Smash – Rexy Mainaky

References

External links

• Profile at koni.or.id
• Rexy Mainaky Dua Tahun Lagi di Malaysia (Indonesian)