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Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟)

On June the 13th, , one of the world’s all-time greatest badminton players officially retired; his name is Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟), also known as Datuk Lee Chong Wei.

Chong Wei was born in Bagan Serai, Perak, into a Malaysian Chinese family and started his humble journey to becoming a champion at the age of He was discovered by a former Malaysian professional badminton player by the name of Misbun Sidek and the rest is history!

He won his first Super Series tournament, the Malaysian Open at the age of 22 and has since gone on to accumulate 69 career titles and reigned as the world no.1 for a consecutive weeks. In , he earned his title Datuk after he became the first Malaysian to have reached an Olympic finals in the men’s singles event. He represented Malaysia in , and at the Olympic games and is a triple silver medalist.

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He is known for being incredibly fast and having one of the most aesthetic badminton techniques in the badminton arena, with jump smashes that will literally blow your mind. He developed an ironclad defensive style that utilises deep defensive dives to recover from sideline smashes, better than anyone else on the circuit during his peak.  

Malaysia has never won an Olympic gold and for years, Chong Wei was their best hope. So he endeavoured to stay the course to go for an Olympic gold medal yet again - despite his shock announcement of being diagnosed with nose cancer in July last year (). After treatment in Taiwan, he announced in a press conference in November that he had no intention to retire and would give the Olympic glory one last shot in Tokyo next year at the Olympic Games.

If there could be any criticism about this champion’s career, it would be that he wasn’t able to claim the Olympic Gold or Badminton World Championship title, quite often losing out to China's Lin Dan. Despite this, he was truly one of the greatest players to ever g

Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a famous badminton player from Malaysia. He was born on 21 October , in Bagan Serai, Perak. Lee is famous for his amazing skill and speed in badminton. He has won many awards and is seen as one of the best players in the world.

Lee has held the world number one ranking for a long time and has won numerous medals in international competitions. His achievements include winning three silver medals at the Olympics in , , and He is also a multiple-time winner at the All England Open Badminton Championships and the BWF World Championships.

Besides his sports career, Lee is admired for his dedication and hard work. He retired from professional badminton in after a successful career. After he retired, he has worked on different charity projects and kept promoting badminton.

Malaysian Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad expressed his gratitude to Lee for his contributions to Malaysia, especially after Lee's retirement announcement. In a video posted on social media, Mahathir said he was moved by Lee's decision to retire and hoped Lee would take time to rest and recover from his illness. He praised Lee for consistently bringing honor to Malaysia in the sports world and noted that the country would feel the loss of such a great champion.

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Malaysian badminton player (born )

Not to be confused with Lee the biopic which is based on this person, see Lee Chong Wei (film).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee (李).

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Lee Chong Wei (Chinese: 李宗伟; pinyin: Lǐ Zōngwěi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Chong-úi; born 21 October ) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for weeks, including a week streak from 21 August to 14 June He is the fifth Malaysian player after Foo Kok Keong, Rashid Sidek, Roslin Hashim and Wong Choong Hann to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler who has held the number one ranking for more than a year. On 2 May , Lee was inducted to BWF Badminton Hall of Fame. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest badminton players of all time.

Lee is a triple silver medalist at the Olympic Games, and the sixth Malaysian to win an Olympic medal. He won his first silver medal in , also the first time a Malaysian had reached the finals in the men's singles event. This achievement earned him the title Datuk. He repeated the achievement twice more in and , thus making him the most successful Malaysian Olympian in history.

On 13 June , Lee announced his retirement after struggling to return t

Dato’ Lee Chong Wei is a former No.1 Malaysian badminton singles player who is a Olympics triple silver medalist. He is considered one of the greatest badminton players of all time.

He was discovered and trained by a local badminton coach Teh Peng Huat at a badminton hall that he used to accompany his father to. He later caught the eye of former national shuttler Misbun Sidek who drafted him into the national squad in In his year long international badminton career, he has won a total of 69 titles including an all-time record of 46 Badminton World Federation Super Series singles titles, 12 Malaysian Open and 4 All England titles. He also ranked as World No 1 for weeks, the most any badminton player has ever achieved and which included consecutive weeks in the top spot, a feat that only he has achieved.

In , Lee served an eight-month suspension from international competitions due to doping violations. His famous rivalry with China’s Lin Dan whom he often went up against in finals including at the World Championships and Olympic Games came to end after their last meeting at the All England Open, when he was diagnosed with nose cancer.

In , after being cleared of cancer after multiple treatments in Taiwan, he announced his retirement at the advisement of his doctors. Lee is married to fellow shuttler Wong Mew Choo and they have two sons.

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