Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei
Lee 2016 at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta
Country:	Malaysia
Date of birth:	October 21, 1982
Place of birth:	Bagan Serai , Perak
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	60 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Hendrawan
BWF ID:	50152
Men's singles
Career record:	660: 119
Career title:	65
Highest ranking:	1 (June 29, 2006)
Current placement:	2
Men's doubles
Career record:	2: 4
Medals
Country: Malaysia  badminton  Olympic games silver Beijing 2008 singles silver London 2012 singles silver Rio de Janeiro 2016 singles IBF / BWF - world championships silver London 2011 singles silver Guangzhou 2013 singles silver Jakarta 2015 singles bronze Anaheim 2005 singles ABC / BAC - Asian Championships gold Johor Bahru 2006 singles gold Wuhan 2016 singles Thomas Cup silver New Delhi 2014 Men's bronze Sendai & Tokyo 2006 Men's bronze Jakarta 2008 Men's bronze Kuala Lumpur 2010 Men's bronze Kunshan 2016 Men's Sudirman Cup bronze Guangzhou 2009 Mixed  Asian Games silver Guangzhou 2010 singles bronze Doha 2006 singles bronze Doha 2006 Men's bronze Incheon 2014 singles bronze Incheon 2014 Men's  Commonwealth Games gold Melbourne 2006 singles gold Melbourne 2006 Mixed gold Delhi 2010 singles gold Delhi 2010 Mixed  Southeast Asian Games gold Manila 2005 Men's bronze Manila 2005 singles bronze [1]Singapore 2015 Men's IBF - Youth World Championships bronze Guangzhou 2000 singles
BWF profile
As of September 25, 2016

Lee Chong Wei ( Chinese  李宗偉  /  李宗伟 , Pinyin Lǐ Zōngwěi ; born October 21, 1982 in Bagan Serai , Perak , Malaysia ) is a former Malaysian badminton player . He is considered one of the best and most successful badminton players in the world.

Career

In the men's singles, Lee achieved silver at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012 , won the All England in 2010 , 2011 , 2014 and 2017 and was runner-up in 2011 , 2013 and 2015 . In all, he won four times the BWF Super Series Finals , ten Super Series Premier tournaments , 28 Super Series tournaments , twice the Asia Cup , twice the Commonwealth Games , six World Grand Prix tournaments , nine Grand Prix Gold tournaments , a Grand Prix tournament and an international tournament.

Lee was number 1 in the men's singles world ranking since June 9, 2016 , but was replaced by Viktor Axelsen in December and led from August 21, 2008 to June 14, 2012 for 199 weeks and from September 27, 2012 to December 24, 2014 for 117 weeks this on. On June 29, 2006 it was first ranked number 1 in the world. He is the third Malaysian after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim since the introduction of the official rankings in the 1980s and the first Malaysian ever to hold this position for more than a year.

On August 17, 2008, Lee was defeated in the final of the men's singles at the Olympic Games in Beijing to the Chinese Lin Dan in two sets. This made him the sixth Malaysian to win a medal at the Olympics. For winning the silver medal, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak , distinguished him as a “national hero” and awarded him the title of Datuk . At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 he was also defeated by Lin Dan in the final and had to be content with silver again. The second silver medal made him Malaysia's most successful Olympian in history. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Lee reached the final again, where he lost to Chen Long in straight sets.

Lee Chong Wei played his last game in the semifinals of the Indonesia Open on July 7, 2018. Two months later, he withdrew from international competition due to an early-stage diagnosis of nasal cancer and hoped for a comeback in 2019, but that never happened. During a press conference on June 13, 2019, after 19 years of professional sport with consideration for family and health, he announced his resignation. With a total of 69 titles and 34 finals at major events as well as 349 weeks as first in the world rankings, Lee Chong Wei is one of the most successful badminton players of all time, even if he was denied an Olympic victory or world championship title.

doping

In November 2014, it became known that Lee was suspected of doping . The anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid dexamethasone was detected in the B sample, which threatened to be banned for up to two years. He was temporarily banned by the world association . Lee protested his innocence. His doctors injected him with dexamethasone without informing him that the substance was not allowed in competitions. Lee went on to say that this was the first positive test in a total of 124 doping tests in the 15 years of his career. In addition, the substance is not performance-enhancing. Ultimately, the positive test was attributed to contaminated Cordyceps capsules, which he has been consuming every day since he was a teenager. In April 2015, the world association banned him retrospectively for eight months. His silver medal from the 2014 World Championships in Copenhagen was revoked.

Speed ​​record

Lee holds the current record for the fastest smash in an official match at 417 km / h in 2017 in Japan.

However, Tan Boon Heong received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for his smash speed world record, which was improved in August 2013, under laboratory conditions as part of a racket test.

Private

He has been married to his former teammate Mew Choo Wong since November 9, 2012 . Their first son was born in August 2013, and Wong gave birth to their second son on July 9, 2015.

successes

Men's singles

Lee in 2012 in the individual finals of the Olympic Games in London

Lee at the 2013 French Open in Paris

result	year	Place / tournament	opponent	Result
Olympic games
silver	2008	Beijing	Lin Dan	12:21, 8:21
silver	2012	London	Lin Dan	21:15, 10:21, 19:21
silver	2016	Rio de Janeiro	Chen Long	18:21, 18:21
9./16.	2004	Athens	Chen Hong	11:15, 15: 3, 12:15
IBF / BWF - world championships
silver	2011	London	Lin Dan	22:20, 14:21, 21:23
silver	2013	Guangzhou	Lin Dan	21:16, 13:21, 17:20 task
silver	2015	Jakarta	Chen Long	14:21, 17:21
bronze	2005	Anaheim	Taufik Hidayat	3:15, 12:15
5th / 8th	2006	Madrid	Bao Chunlai	20:22, 21:12, 18:21
5th / 8th	2009	Hyderabad	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	16:21, 21:14, 12:21
5th / 8th	2010	Paris	Taufik Hidayat	15:21, 21:11, 12:21
9./16.	2007	Kuala Lumpur	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	11:21, 9:21
DSQ silver	2014	Copenhagen	Chen Long	19:21, 19:21
Asian Games
silver	2010	Guangzhou	Lin Dan	13:21, 21:15, 10:21
bronze	2006	Doha	Taufik Hidayat	16:21, 18:21
bronze	2014	Incheon	Lin Dan	20:22, 21:12, 9:21
ABC / BAC - Asian Championships
gold	2006	Johor Bahru	Boonsak Ponsana	21:12, 21:16
gold	[11]2016	Wuhan	Chen Long	21:17, 15:21, 21:13
5th / 8th	2007	Johor Bahru	Taufik Hidayat	17:21, 17:21
9./16.	2002	Bangkok	Chen Hong	15:13, 3:15, 6:15
9./16.	2004	Kuala Lumpur	Taufik Hidayat	2:15, 9:15
9./16.	2008	Johor Bahru	Boonsak Ponsana	16:21, 21:10, 15:21
17./32.	2001	Manila	Indra Wijaya	12:15, 7:15
Commonwealth Games
gold	2006	Melbourne	Choong Hann Wong	21:13, 21:12
gold	2010	Delhi ( New Delhi )	Rajiv Ouseph	21:10, 21: 8
Southeast Asian Games
bronze	2005	Manila ( Pasig City )	Simon Santoso	11:15, 9:15
BWF Super Series Finals
1.	2008	Kota Kinabalu	Peter Høeg Gade	21: 8, 21:16
1.	2009	Johor Bahru	Sung-hwan Park	21:17, 21:17
1.	2010	Taipei	Peter Høeg Gade	21: 9, 21:14
1.	2013	Kuala Lumpur	Tommy Sugiarto	21:10, 21:12
3rd / 4th	2011	Liuzhou	Chen Long	16:21, 21:16, 18:21
7th / 8th	2012	Shenzhen	You Pengyu	21:12, 16:21, 20:22
BWF World Superseries Premier
2.	2011	Korea Open	Lin Dan	19:21, 21:14, 16:21
1.	2011	All of England	Lin Dan	21:17, 21:17
1.	2011	Indonesia Open	Peter Høeg Gade	21:11, 21: 7
2.	2011	Denmark Open	Chen Long	15:21, 18:21
1.	2012	Korea Open	Lin Dan	12:21, 21:18, 21:14
2.	2012	All of England	Lin Dan	19:21, 2: 6 task
1.	2012	Denmark Open	You Pengyu	15:21, 21:12, 21:19
1.	2013	Korea Open	You Pengyu	21:12, 21:15
2.	2013	All of England	Chen Long	17:21, 18:21
1.	2013	Indonesia Open	Marc Zwiebler	21:15, 21:14
2.	2013	Denmark Open	Chen Long	22:24, 19:21
1.	2014	Malaysia Open	Tommy Sugiarto	21:19, 21: 9
1.	2014	All of England	Chen Long	21:13, 21:18
1.	[11]2015	China Open	Chen Long	21:15, 21:11
1.	[11]2016	Malaysia Open	Chen Long	21:13, 21: 8
1.	[12]2016	Indonesia Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	17:21, 21:19, 21:17
BWF Super Series
1.	2007	Indonesia Open	Bao Chunlai	21:15, 21:16
1.	2007	Japan Open	Taufik Hidayat	22:20, 19:21, 21:19
1.	2007	French Open	Bao Chunlai	21:11, 21:14
2.	2007	China Open	Bao Chunlai	12:21, 13:21
2.	2007	Hong Kong Open	Lin Dan	21: 9, 15:21, 15:21
1.	2008	Malaysia Open	Lee Hyun-il	21:15, 11:21, 21:17
2.	2008	Swiss Open	Lin Dan	13:21, 18:21
1.	2008	Singapore Open	Simon Santoso	21:13, 21: 5
2.	2008	Japan Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	17:21, 11:21
2.	2008	China Open	Lin Dan	18:21, 9:21
1.	2009	Malaysia Open	Sung-hwan Park	21:14, 21:13
2.	2009	Korea Open	Peter Høeg Gade	18:21, 21:10, 17:21
2.	2009	All of England	Lin Dan	19:21, 12:21
1.	2009	Swiss Open	Lin Dan	21:16, 21:16
1.	2009	Indonesia Open	Taufik Hidayat	21: 9, 21:14
1.	2009	Hong Kong Open	Peter Høeg Gade	21:13, 13:21, 21:16
1.	2010	Korea Open	Peter Høeg Gade	21:12, 21:11
1.	2010	Malaysia Open	Boonsak Ponsana	21:13, 21: 7
1.	2010	All of England	Ken'ichi Tago	21:19, 21:19
1.	2010	Indonesia Open	Taufik Hidayat	21:19, 21: 8
1.	2010	Japan Open	Lin Dan	22:20, 16:21, 21:17
1.	2010	Hong Kong Open	Taufik Hidayat	21:19, 21: 9
1.	2011	Malaysia Open	Taufik Hidayat	21: 8, 21:17
1.	2011	India Open	Peter Høeg Gade	21:12, 12:21, 21:15
2.	2011	Japan Open	Chen Long	8:21, 21:10, 19:21
1.	2011	French Open	Ken'ichi Tago	21:16, 21:11
1.	2012	Malaysia Open	Ken'ichi Tago	21: 6, 21:13
2.	2012	India Open	Shon Wan-ho	18:21, 21:14, 19:21
1.	2012	Japan Open	Boonsak Ponsana	21:18, 21:18
2.	2012	Hong Kong Open	Chen Long	19:21, 17:21
1.	2013	Malaysia Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21: 7, 21: 8
1.	2013	India Open	Ken'ichi Tago	21:15, 18:21, 21:17
1.	2013	Japan Open	Ken'ichi Tago	23:21, 21:17
1.	2013	Hong Kong Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21:13, 21: 9
2.	2014	Korea Open	Chen Long	14:21, 15:21
1.	2014	India Open	Chen Long	21:13, 21:17
2.	2014	Singapore Open	Simon Santoso	15:21, 10:21
1.	2014	Japan Open	Hu Yun	21:14, 21:12
1.	[12]2015	French Open	Chou Tien-Chen	21:13, 21:18
1.	[13]2015	Hong Kong Open	Tian Houwei	21:16, 21:15
1.	[14]2016	Japan Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21:18, 15:21, 21:16
IBF World Grand Prix
2.	2003	Malaysia Open	Chen Hong	9:15, 5:15
1.	2004	Malaysia Open	Sung-hwan Park	15: 3, 15:12
2.	2004	Singapore Open	Kenneth Jonassen	15: 3, 15:17, 4:15
1.	2004	Chinese Taipei Open	Beng Hong Kuan	15: 4, 15:10
1.	2005	Malaysia Open	Lin Dan	17:15, 9:15, 15: 9
1.	2005	Denmark Open	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	17:14, 15: 8
1.	2006	Swiss Open	Xia Xuanze	15: 8, 15: 0
1.	2006	Malaysia Open	Lin Dan	21:18, 18:21, 23:21
2.	2006	Chinese Taipei Open	Lin Dan	18:21, 21:12, 11:21
2.	2006	Macau Open	Lin Dan	18:21, 21:18, 18:21
2.	2006	Hong Kong Open	Lin Dan	19:21, 21: 8, 16:21
BWF Grand Prix Gold
1.	2007	Philippines Open	Chen Hong	21: 9, 21:15
2.	2008	Macau Open	Taufik Hidayat	19:21, 15:21
1.	2009	Macau Open	Choong Hann Wong	21:15, 21:19
1.	2009	Malaysia Open GPG	Chen Long	21:16, 21: 9
1.	2010	Macau Open	Lee Hyun-il	won without a fight
1.	2010	Malaysia Open GPG	Choong Hann Wong	21: 8, 14:21, 21:15
1.	2011	Malaysia Open GPG	Bao Chunlai	21: 9, 21:19
1.	2012	Malaysia Open GPG	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	17:21, 21: 8, 21:10
1.	[14]2015	US Open	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	22:20, 21:12
1.	[15]2016	Malaysia Masters	Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin	21:18, 21:11
BWF Grand Prix
1.	[16]2015	Canada Open	Ng Ka Long Angus	21:17, 21:13
International tournaments
2.	2003	India Satellite	Kay Bin Yeoh	5:15, 13:15
1.	2003	Malaysia Satellite	Beng Hong Kuan	15: 7, 15: 9
IBF - Youth World Championships
bronze	2000	Guangzhou	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	6: 8, 4: 7, 4: 7

Web links

Commons : Lee Chong Wei  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile bwfworldsuperseries.com (English)
• Profile olympic.org (English)
• Profile yonex.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Results Publication Badminton ( Memento from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei falls short in epic Olympic badminton final as China's Lin Dan defends title ( English ) telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
3. ↑ 马来西亚 选手 李宗伟 向 历史 纪录 挑战 中国 三 虎 围剿 林丹 最 有 威胁 ( Chinese ) schoolmy.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
4. ↑ Badminton-Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei ( English ) dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
5. ↑ Lee Chong Wei: Resignation after long suspension . badzine.de. January 26, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
6. ↑ Badminton star Lee The Unfinished . faz.net. August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
7. ^ Eight-Month Sanction for Doping Violation bwfbadminton.org April 27, 2015
8. ↑ World Record Fastest Men's Singles smash 417 km / h Lee Chong Wei Japan Open 2017. Accessed November 15, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Badminton - International: 493 km / h: Heong smashes world record focus.de, August 24, 2013, accessed January 9, 2019.
10. ↑ Raphael Sachetat: Lee Chong Wei's wedding to be streamed live! ( English ) badzine.net. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 25, 2012. 
11. ↑ Chong Wei to name his son, due to be born today Kingston Lee ( English ) thestar.com.my. April 12, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
12. ↑ CChong Wei at ease after birth of second son (updated) ( English ) thestar.com.my. July 9, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
13. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=79570B8E-D2AA-401B-96B5-D873594B6690&draw=22
14. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=04C5CA11-E6F6-42A9-9D9A-0375D903F24E&draw=12
15. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=990E6107-082C-4213-9BD3-275899B78F26&draw=2
16. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=B292274E-AED9-4660-8C1A-B8A44546EB89&draw=2
17. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=3462A843-4C3C-4CFD-A417-E905A95CE661&draw=16
18. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=4CA13689-EE4F-470E-99E6-6217CD896239&draw=2
19. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=6AB43E80-2B5D-4B28-9B14-8133B6F6FDA4&draw=2
20. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=8F235FEF-DA5B-462F-B40B-7F61082DA3E9&draw=2
21. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=C25E58BA-9DC6-4161-B20A-16FD377EDD0D&draw=2
22. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D44D9F8D-9646-49A5-BF0E-C98068AF6E65&draw=4

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lee is the family name here, Chong Wei is the first name.