LEE CHONG WEI BIOGRAPHY
Datuk Lee Chong Wei 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".
In his early years, Lee favoured basketball, however his mother soon banned him from that activity due to the searing heat of the outdoor basketball court. Lee began to learn badminton at the age of 11, when his father, who liked to play the game, brought him to the badminton hall. Attracting the attention of a local coach, the coach asked Lee's father if he could take him as a student. After receiving the nod from his father, the coach began to train Lee after school.Discovered by Misbun Sidek, he was drafted into the national squad when he was seventeen years old.
On November 3, 2006, Lee was involved in a car accident. On his way to Bukit Jalil after dinner, he was knocked from behind by a vehicle which had lost control after a tire burst. He was then sent to the Sunway Medical Centre and treated with six stitches for his head injury.
Lee received RM300,000 on August 21, 2008, as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008 Olympic Games. Also, he received RM3,000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For the same achievement, he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which carries the title Datuk by Governor of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on August 30, 2008.
On June 6, 2009, Lee received the Darjah Bakti (DB) award, from Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, in conjunction with the Birthday of Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, for his achievements in the 2008 Olympics.He was in a relationship with Wong Mew Choo, his teammate. However, Lee and Wong announced they are no longer together during the 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad, India.
In January 2010, it was rumoured that Lee was in a relationship with Wang Lin, the Chinese badminton player, but it was denied by both parties, cited it is impossible. Lee also rumoured dated with Korean badminton player, Hwang Hye-youn, prior to the 2009 World meets that caused the break-up between him and Wong.
Lee has hinted he could be retire following the 2012 Olympics.
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Personal information
Date of birth: October 21, 1982
Place of birth: Malaysia 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)
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Chong_Wei
