Rexy Mainaky

Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born 9 March 1968), simply known as Rexy, is an Indonesian badminton coach and former player. He was men's doubles badminton world champion who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appointed as the new deputy coaching director of the Badminton Association of Malaysia.

Rexy Mainaky

Rexy in 2024
Personal information
Nickname	Eky
Born	Rexy Ronald Mainaky (1968-03-09) 9 March 1968 Ternate, Maluku, Indonesia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Indonesia
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Indonesia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Men's doubles World Championships 1995 Lausanne Men's Doubles 1997 Glasgow Men's Doubles World Cup 1993 New Delhi Men's doubles 1995 Jakarta Men's doubles 1997 Yogyakarta Men's doubles 1992 Guangzhou Men's doubles 1996 Jakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team 1997 Glasgow Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team Thomas Cup 1994 Jakarta Men's team 1996 Hong Kong Men's team 1998 Hong Kong Men's team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1992 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Men's doubles 1994 Hiroshima Men's team 1998 Bangkok Men's doubles 1998 Bangkok Men's team Asian Championships 1993 Hong Kong Men's team 2000 Jakarta Men's doubles Asian Cup 1994 Beijing Men's doubles 1991 Jakarta Men's doubles SEA Games 1993 Singapore Men's team 1995 Chiang Mai Men's team 1997 Jakarta Men's team 1991 Manila Mixed doubles 1991 Manila Men's team 1993 Singapore Men's doubles 1995 Chiang Mai Men's doubles 1997 Jakarta Men's doubles 1991 Manila Men's doubles Southeast Asian Junior Championships 1986 Singapore Boys' singles 1986 Singapore Boys' doubles 1986 Singapore Boys' team

Career

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.

Five of seven children in the Mainaky family, Rexy, Richard, Marleve, Rionny and Karel, were part of the Indonesian national shuttling team in the 1990s and nowadays they still have a hand in the sport, though courtside as badminton coaches.

He is currently the doubles director of coaching of the Badminton Association of Malaysia.

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Badminton World Federation Awards	2009	Badminton Hall of Fame	Honored
Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre Awards	2017	The best men's doubles legend with Ricky Subagja	Honored

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Ricky Subagja	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	5–15, 15–13, 15–12	Gold

World Championships

Men's doubles

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

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Ricky Subagja	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–1, 10–15, 15–3	Gold
1996	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sigit Budiarto	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	8–15, 2–15	Silver
1995	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ricky Subagja	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15–4, 15–9	Gold
1993	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India	Ricky Subagja	Chen Kang Chen Hongyong	15–7, 12–15, 15–9	Gold
1992	Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	10–15, 11–15	Silver

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1994	Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15–10, 15–2	Gold
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Ricky Subagja	Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool	15–5, 15–10	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Tony Gunawan	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	15–8, 15–9	Gold

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15–8, 15–7	Gold
1991	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	16-17, 5-15	Silver

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ricky Subagja	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	4–15, 17–14, 11–15	Silver
1995	Gymnasium 3, 700th Anniversary Sport Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Ricky Subagja	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	13–15, 9–15	Silver
1993	Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	7–15, 15–11, 7–15	Silver
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Ricky Subagja	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	6–15, 15–12, 6–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Erma Sulistianingsih	Ricky Subagja Rosiana Tendean	6–15, 13–15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix (27 titles, 9 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	8–15, 15–9, 4–15	Runner-up
1999	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1998	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1998	Denmark Open	Ricky Subagja	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1998	Singapore Open	Ricky Subagja	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	5–15, 5–15	Runner-up
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	World Grand Prix Finals	Ricky Subagja	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	15–4, 15–9	Winner
1996	China Open	Ricky Subagja	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	12–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1996	All England Open	Ricky Subagja	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	15–6, 15–5	Winner
1996	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Yap Kim Hock Cheah Soon Kit	15–5, 17–14	Winner
1996	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–8, 12–15, 15–12	Winner
1995	Singapore Open	Ricky Subagja	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–7, 18–16	Winner
1995	All England Open	Ricky Subagja	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–12, 15–18, 15–8	Winner
1995	Japan Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–8, 15–9	Winner
1995	Korea Open	Ricky Subagja	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15–6, 11–15, 15–7	Winner
1994	World Grand Prix Finals	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1994	Hong Kong Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–12, 14–17, 15–7	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	Malaysia Open	Ricky Subagja	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15–5, 18–16	Winner
1994	All England Open	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1994	Swedish Open	Ricky Subagja	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–11, 15–12	Winner
1993	World Grand Prix Finals	Ricky Subagja	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–11, 10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1993	German Open	Ricky Subagja	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	14–17, 12–15	Runner-up
1993	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Eddy Hartono Richard Mainaky	15–13 15–10	Winner
1993	Malaysia Open	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1993	Swedish Open	Ricky Subagja	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–12, 15–10	Winner
1992	World Grand Prix Finals	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Ricky Subagja	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–9, 12–15, 15–11	Winner
1992	Hong Kong Open	Ricky Subagja	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–13, 15–10	Winner
1992	China Open	Ricky Subagja	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	17–15, 15–11	Winner
1992	Indonesia Open	Ricky Subagja	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	12–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1991	U.S. Open	Ricky Subagja	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	13–18, 15–13, 3–15	Runner-up
1991	Canadian Open	Ricky Subagja	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up

  IBF Grand Prix tournament

  IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	French Open	Ricky Subagja	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	16–18, 12–15	Runner-up

Post-playing career

Mainaky is known amongst his peers and colleagues, and the game's fans, as a notable doubles player, alongside players such as Christian Hadinata, Tjun Tjun, Johan Wahjudi, Liem Swie King, Ricky Subagja, Tony Gunawan, Hendra Setiawan, Park Joo Bong, Kim Dong Moon, Fu Haifeng, Cai Yun, and Finn Kobbero. He has also worked as a badminton coach, alongside former player Park Joo Bong of Korea (currently head coach of Japanese badminton squad). He has participated in charity badminton exhibition through badminton, by playing in exhibitions across Asia and Europe post-competitive career. He was the coach to English badminton mixed doubles' pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson and coached them to win 2004 Summer Olympic silver medal, 2005 All England Open Badminton Championships and 2006 IBF World Championships titles.

Mainaky 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 he 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. In 2017, Mainaky left his position at Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) to join Thailand Badminton Association (BAT). In 2018, Mainaky led the Thai women's team reached the Uber Cup final for the first time in their history.

Sources

• PBSI: Rexy Mainaky profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 May 2009) (in Indonesian)
• Smash – Rexy Mainaky at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 November 2007)

External links

• Rexy Mainaky at BWFBadminton.com
• Rexy Mainaky at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Rexy Ronald Mainaky at Olympics.com
• Rexy Mainaky at Olympedia
• Rexy Mainaky at InterSportStats
• Profile at koni.or.id
• Rexy Mainaky Dua Tahun Lagi di Malaysia (in Indonesian)