Markis Kido (11 August 1984 – 14 June 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player and one of the world's leading in men's doubles discipline. He won the discipline's gold medal at the 2006 World Cup, 2007 World Championships, 2008 Olympic Games, 2009 Asia Championships, and 2010 Asian Games 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, Kido and Setiawan 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 Zhendong and Xie Zhongbo 21–12, 21–19 in the finals, and the World Cup after defeating Malaysia's Lin Woon Fui and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 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 Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya 21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the finals. At the 2007 SEA 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 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 September 2009, Kido and Setiawan won the Japan Super Series after beating another Indonesian pair, Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki and Rian Sukmawan 21–19 and 24–22 in the final round. In October 2009, they won the French Super Series. On 17 December 2009, they defeated Malaysian duo Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong to win gold at the 2009 SEA 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. They won all their round matches of the competition in 3 games as well.

Participation in Indonesian national team

Personal life

Kido started playing badminton in Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parents are Djumharbey Anwar (father) and Yul Asteria Zakaria (mother). In his spare time he played football. His brother, Bona Septano, and sister, Pia Zebadiah Bernadet, are also Indonesian national badminton players. On 14 June 2021, Kido died from an apparent heart attack during a badminton friendly match.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

World Cup

Men's doubles

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

SEA Games

Men's doubles

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles Mixed doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles Mixed doubles

BWF Superseries (10 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year. Men's doubles

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. Men's doubles Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Performance timeline

National team

Individual competitions

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Marcus Fernaldi Gideon against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Men's doubles results with Hendra Setiawan against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.