Lee Chong Wei

Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a former Malaysian badminton player. As a

singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, these
including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 2012. He is
the fourth Malaysian player after Rashid Sidek, Roslin Hashim and
Wong Choong Hann to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings
were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to
hold the number one ranking for more than a year.
Personal Information
Born 21 October 1982 (age 37)
Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height 1.72 m
Weight 68 kg
Year active 2000-2019
Retired 13 June 2019
Handedness Right

Men’s Singles
Career record 713 wins, 135 losses
Career title(s) 69
Highest ranking 1 (29 June 2006)

Olympic Games
s 2008 Beijing (Men’s singles)

s 2012 London (Men’s Singles)

s 2016 Rio de Janeiro (Men’s Singles)

World Championships
s 2011 London (Men’s singles)
s 2013 Guangzhou (Men’s Singles)
s 2015 Jakarta (Men’s Singles)
B 2005 Anaheim (Men’s Singles)

Sudirman Cup
B 2009 Guangzhou (Mixed team

Thomas Cup
s 2014 New Delhi (Men’s team)
B 2006 Sendai /Tokyo (Men’s Team)
B 2008 Jakarta (Men’s team)
B 2010 Kuala Lumpur (Men’s team)
B 2016 Kunshan (Men’s Team)

Commonwealth Games
G 2006 Melbourne (Men’s Singles)
G 2006 Melbourne (Mixed Team)
G 2010 Delhi (Men’s Singles)
G 2010 Delhi (Mixed Team)
G 2018 Gold Coast (Men’s Single)
S 2018 Gold Coast (Mixed Team)
Widely considered as one of the greatest badminton players of all
time, Lee is a triple medalist at the Olympics Games, and the sixth
Malaysian to win an Olympic medal. He won his first silver medal in
2008, also the first time a Malaysian had reached the finals in the
Men’s Signal event. This achievement earned him the title Datuk,
and led to then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak describing him
as a national hero. He repeated the achievement twice more in 2012
and 2016, thus making him the most successful Malaysian Olympian
in history.
On 13 2019, Lee announced his retirement after struggling to return
to full fitness following a nose cancer diagnosis. He was appointed as
Malaysia’s chef de mission for the 2020 Summer Olympics.