BIODATA LEE CHONG WEI

Lee Chong Wei

Personal information
Date of birth	October 21, 1982 (1982-10-21) (age 28)
Place of birth	Georgetown, Penang
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Country	Malaysia
Handedness	Right
Coach	Misbun Sidek
Men’s singles
Highest Ranking	1 (29 June 2006 – 20 July 2006, 24 August 2006 – 21 September 2006, 21 August 2008 –)
Current Ranking	1 (present)
BWF Profile

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Malaysia
Men’s badminton
Silver	2008 Beijing	Men’s Singles
World Championships
Bronze	2005 Anaheim	Men’s Singles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze	2009 Guangzhou	Team
Thomas Cup
Bronze	2006 Sendai/Tokyo	Team
Bronze	2008 Jakarta	Team
Bronze	2010 Kuala Lumpur	Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2006 Melbourne	Mixed Team
Gold	2006 Melbourne	Men’s Singles
Gold	2010 Delhi	Mixed Team
Gold	2010 Delhi	Men’s Singles

Datuk Lee Chong Wei (simplified Chinese: 李宗伟; traditional Chinese: 李宗偉; pinyin: Lǐ Zōngwěi, born in Georgetown, Penang; October 21, 1982^[1]) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam.^[2] Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men’s singles event and ending Malaysia’s Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Datuk, and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as national hero.^[3]

As a singles player, Lee was again ranked first worldwide on August 21, 2008.^[4] He is the third Malaysian men’s singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks.

Lee is also the reigning All England champion.

Lee has won many international badminton titles in his career, including many Super Series titles. However, despite his status among the world’s elite, Lee has only managed to capture bronze (in 2005) at the BWF World Championships.