LEE CHONG WEI

One of the most prominent personality in Malaysia that I admire is Datuk Lee Chong Wei.He had brought honour to Malaysia.Datuk Lee Chong Wei was born on 21 October 1982 in Pulau Pinang. He studied at Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Jit Sin,Bukit Mertajam.Later ,he continued his study at Sekolah Menengah Sungai Way. In His early years ,Lee Chong Wei favoured basketball. However his mother soon banned him from that activity due to scanning heat of the outdoor basketball court. Lee Chong Wei began to learn badminton at the age of 11 when his father brought him to the badminton hall. After he had attended the attention of the badminton couch,the couch began to train him. After doing discovered by Misbun Sidek ,he was drafted into the National Squad. He won the silver medal in the 2008 olimpic games and become the first Malaysia to reach the final of the mens singles event and ending Malaysias olimpic medal drought since 1996.This achievement also earned him the title Datuk. As a single player,Lee Chong Wei was ranked first worldwide on 21 August 2008.He is the third Malaysias mens single shutler after Rashid Sidek and Rosli Hashim to achieve such a ranking and is the only Malaysias shutler to hold the ranking for more then ten weeks. In 2011 year,he won many matches such as Malaysia open, Korea open,England open, India open,Sudirman Cup and Indonesia open.He was praised by prime minister Najib Tun Razak after this triumph in All England Open. I like Lee Chong Wei for his excellent in badminton. He works very hard to make his performance great. He is my idol. I learn from him that I should not give up to achieve my dreams.