Dato' Lee Chong Wei (Badminton)
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| Datuk Lee Chong Wei |
About
He
is the number one Malaysia’s badminton player and most famous athletes. Datuk
Lee Chong Wei known for his friendly attitude and been describes as the
national hero due to his several achievement in badminton arena and was given
the titles of ‘Datuk’ by Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. He is very competitive in every game he play. He even manage to defeat Worlds badminton champions, Lin Dan from China. Datuk’ Lee
Chong Wei Continues to act as a source of inspiration for new future Malaysian
athletes wanting to make a name on the world stage.
Early Life
Lee
Chong Wei was born in Bangan Serai, Perak in October 21, 1986. In primary
school he went to Jit Sin Primary School and continue his study at Sekolah
Menengah Kebangsaan Sungai Way. First sport that he interested in is actually basketball. However, when he was only at the age of 11 years old,
Datuk Lee Chong Wei started to get his interest in playing badminton when he
follow his father to the badminton court. Starting from there, local coach
started to notice Datuk Lee Chong Wei ability in playing badminton and took him
to be trained after the local coach ask for his father permission beforehand. After
he got the permission, he started to train Lee Chong Wei after the school time.
Datuk Lee Chong Wei start his badminton training skill school.
Later
then when Datuk Lee Chong Wei 17 years old, he met Misbun Sidek as his Mentor
and joined the national team. During his debuted in the national team, he manage
to grab two victory in Malaysia Open and China Taipe Open. It was a good starter
for him.
Achievement
Throughout
the time Datuk Lee Chong Wei manage to attain many achievement and award. Here are
some of the achievement and award that Datuk Lee Chong Wei had accomplished so
far.
In 2005,
Datuk Lee Chong Wei manage to beat his rival, Lin Dan in 2005 Malaysia Open
final. He won the season-ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super Series
Masters Finals men's singles title four times (2008-2010, 2013), and the
prestigious All England Open three times (2010, 2011, 2014). Lee has topped the badminton
world rankings for almost 300 weeks, and is a four-time winner of the BWF
Player of the Year award (2009-2011, 2013).He is also Malaysia's most
successful athlete at the Olympics, with two silver medals in the men's singles
event (2008, 2012). In 2010,
Datuk Lee Chong Wei had won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games and silver
medal in Asia Games. Later that year, he grab his victory for the third time in
a row in All England Open 2011. He beat the record of maximum number of home
titles held by Wong Peng Soon when won the ninth Malaysian Open title in 2013. Meanwhile
in 2015, Datuk Lee Chong Wei won the US, Canada and French Open.
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