Lee Chong Wei

Lee at 
2016 Indonesia Open

Personal information

Awards Year Birth nam

e

Born
Lee Chong
Wei

21
October
1982 (age
 37)
Bagan Ser
ai
, Perak,
Malaysia
Total Ref
Residence Kuala Lum
pur
,

2005, 2007, 2008, 2009,

Malaysia

Height 1.72 m
(5 ft 7  1 ⁄2  

Penang Sportsman Award 8

in)

Weight 68 kg
(150 lb;
10.7 st) [204][205][206][207][208][203]
n three sets.[103] 2010, 2011,
 A week later, he captured his fifth straight and eighth Malaysia 2012,
Open title, 2016 the number of home titles held by Wong Peng Soon who won them between 1940 and 1953.
thus equalling
Years
active

Retired

Handedne
ss
2000–
2019

13 June
2019

Right
[104]

to win three successive All England Open titles.  In April, he was defeated by South Korean Shon Wan-ho in the final of the India Open,  but retained his Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold title for the fourth time in a row
Men's singles
Career 713 wins,

[105] [106]
record 135 losses

Career 69
title(s)

nd blamed pressure for the close defeat.[110] In the second round, he eased to a2010,
victory against Indonesia's Simon Santoso,[111] before beating Kashyap Parupalli of India in the quarter-finals.[112] In the semi-finals, he beat Ch
Highest 1 (29 June
ranking 2006)

2008, 2012, 2013, Medal record[hide]

TYT Prime
nd edge him narrowly by 21–19, Award
forcing Lee to settleTrophy
for silver once more.  BBC Sport analyst Gail Emms said,6"You couldn't have asked for any more from
2015,
[6]

2016
[206][207][208][209][203]
Lee Chong Wei."[114] This epic episode was documented in an a
ed the year with a loss in the opening match of the Super Series Master Finals and subsequently pulled out of tournament due to a thigh injury. [119]

Lee Chong Wei Men's badminton

Representing  Malaysia
Olympic Games

2008 Beiji
ng

2012 Lond
on
Men's sin
gles

Men's sin
gles

BWF Player of the Year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013,

2016 Rio Men's sin
de Janeir gles
o

World Championships

Traditional Chinese 5李宗偉
2011 Lond Men's sin

[210][211][212][213]
on gles

2013 Gua Men's sin

ngzhou gles

Award 2016
2015 Jaka Men's sin
rta gles

2005 Ana Men's sin

heim gles

Sudirman Cup

2009 Gua Mixed

ngzhou team

Thomas Cup

2014 New Men's

team

Simplified Chinese 李宗伟

Delhi

Men's
2006 Sen team
dai/Tokyo

Men's

National Sportsman
2008 Jaka
rta team

Men's
2010 Kual team
a Lumpur

Award 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012 2016 Kuns

han

Commonwealth Games

2006 Mel
bourne

2006 Mel
bourne
Men's
team

Men's sin
gles

Mixed tea
m
4 [214][215][216][217]
2010 Delh Men's sin
i gles

2010 Delh Mixed tea

i m

2018 Gold Men's sin

Coast gles

2018 Gold Mixed tea

Coast m

Asian Games

Olympian of the Year

2010 Gua Men's sin
ngzhou gles

2008, 2012, 2016showTranscriptions

2006 Doh Men's sin
a gles

3 [218][219][220]
2006 Doh Men's tea
a m

2014 Inch Men's sin

eon gles

Award
2014 Inch Men's tea
eon m

Asian Championships

2006 Joho Men's

r Bahru singles

2016 Wuh Men's

an singles

Men's
2017 Wuh
an singles

2018 Wuh Men's

an singles

Asia Team Championships

Sportswriters Association 2008

2018 Alor
Setar

Southeast Asian Games

2005 Man
ila

2003 Ho C
Men's
team

Men's
team

Men's

1 [221]
of Malaysia (SAM) Award
hi Minh team

2005 Man Men's

ila singles

Men's
2015 Sing team
apore

World Junior Championships

Boys'
2000 Gua singles
ngzhou

Asian Junior Championships

Boys'
2000 Kyot team
o
BWF profile

hen lost in the final of the AllMost Popular IconLong.

onLee said he was disappointed with his performance during the tournament, despite marching into[222]
Updated on 08:23, 13
April 2017 (UTC).

England Open to Chen the final.[122][123]

ched into the final of the World Championships, but his hopes were 2013
once again dashed in a repeat of his 2011 1 and 2010 Asian Games defeats against Lin Dan. He suffered leg cramps late into the third game. After at
final
Television Award by RTM
d semifinal of the French Open,[128][129] and triumphed again in the Hong Kong Open.[130]