Lee Chong Wei

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lee (李).
Datuk Lee Chong Wei


Personal information
Date of birth October 21, 1982 (1982-10-21) (age 28)
Place of birth Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
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 (February, 2011)
Medal record Competitor for Malaysia
Men's badminton
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing Men's singles
World Championships
Bronze 2005 Anaheim Men's singles
Asian Games
Bronze 2006 Doha Men's singles
Bronze 2006 Doha Team
Silver 2010 Guangzhou 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 Men's singles
Gold 2006 Melbourne Mixed Team
Gold 2010 Delhi Men's singles
Gold 2010 Delhi Mixed Team


BWF Profile
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (simplified Chinese: 李宗伟; traditional Chinese: 李宗偉; pinyin: Lǐ Zōngwěi; born October 21, 1982 in Georgetown, Penang is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. 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 a national hero.


As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide on August 21, 2008. 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.


Despite his status among the world's elite, Lee has as failed to capture several of badminton's biggest titles , including the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the Asian Games. This deficiency is often contrasted by the Chinese media to the achievements of Lee's rival Lin Dan, who has won all of badminton's major titles at least once. Lee has thus been described as the "weakest world number one