Sidique Ali Merican (24 August 1930 – 12 May 2009) was a Malaysian sprinter and sports administrator, who was Malayan sprint champion from 1949 to 1954.
Noted for his unusual starting crouch, Sidique clocked 10.3 seconds at his first 100-yard race at an athletics championship in Kota Bharu 1949.
[1] Sidique was educated in the United Kingdom at the Malayan Teachers Training College in Kirkby, Merseyside.
He returned to Malaya after receiving his diploma, and began teaching at Sultan Ismail College in Kota Bharu.
Sidique briefly returned to sport as a part of the coaching team for the Malaysian athletics squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.