Dicky Palyama

Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978, in Gouda) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Chris Bruil and Eric Pang, Palyama reached the final of the European Cup 2007 in Amersfoort by defeating CB Rinconada in the semi-finals.

Dicky Palyama retired as a professional badminton player in October 2013 with a special farewell demonstration match at the Yonex Dutch Open 2013 in front of a packed house at the Almere Topsport Centre against Peter Gade.

Dicky is currently a trainer/coach at the Regional Training Centre of Almere and an assistant coach of the Dutch National junior squad.

Dicky Palyama was also head coach of Dutch premier division club The Flying Shuttle Barendrecht for a short period.