Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetMarcus Fernaldi Gideon
badminton player
Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1991
Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia
Profession: badminton player
Nationality: Indonesia
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
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About Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
- Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 9 March 1991) is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world No.
- 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation.
- He is from PB Jaya Raya, a badminton club in South Tangerang, Banten and has joined the club since June 2018.
- He won the 2017 All England Open Superseries Premier with his current partner Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.
- He and Sukamuljo were recognized as the most outstanding players, and awarded as the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collected seven Superseries titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.
- Currently, he won eight BWF World Tour titles in 2019. Gideon and Sukamuljo often referred as "The Minions" because of their height below average badminton players and they are also known for their playing style that is fast and very agile as if bouncing here and there just like Minions in the film Despicable Me, which is often jumping up and down.
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