Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei (Simplified Chinese: 李宗伟) (born October 21, 1982) is a male badminton player from Malaysia.

Lee played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Ng Wei of Hong Kong in the first round. In the round of 16, Chong was himself defeated by Chen Hong of China. Lee Chong Wei had not lost to a fellow Malaysian for 3 years,until the recently concluded Korean Open to Roslin Hashim. In 2005 he bagged his first 5 star event in the Danish Open. He also successfully defended his Malaysian open and bagged a bronze in the world championships. He won the gold medal in the team event and the individual event in the 2006 Melbourne commonwealth games. In the individual events Chong Wei fought off his fellow country man Wong Choong Hann for the gold medal beating him in 2 straight sets. This was the first Commonwealth Games the new 21 point scoring system was used. After winning the gold medals he returned to Malaysia to win the Asian Badminton Championships title and soon after that he won the 2005 Malaysian Sportsman Of The Year Award.

As of August 2006, Lee Chong Wei is ranked 3rd in the world to Lin Dan (2nd) and Peter Gade (1st).

Achievements

Year	Date	Tournament	Venue	Round
2006	3 Sep 2006	Hong Kong Open 2006		Runner-up
	18 Jun 2006	Malaysian Open 2006		Winner
	02 Apr 2006	Asian Badminton Championships 2006		Winner
	22 Jan 2006	YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN 2006		Semi-Finalist
08 Jan 2006	WILSON BADMINTON SWISS OPEN 2006		Winner
2005	06 Nov 2005	Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Badminon Championship 2005		Semi-Finalist
	23 Oct 2005	DENMARK OPEN 2005		Winner
	25 Sep 2005	DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2005		1/8
	21 Aug 2005	XIV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005	Anaheim, USA	Semi-Finalist
	10 Jul 2005	PROTON MALAYSIA OPEN 2005		Winner
	03 Jul 2005	SINGAPORE OPEN 2005		1/16
	15 May 2005	SUDIRMAN CUP 2005		-
	10 Apr 2005	YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2005		1/8
	13 Mar 2005	YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN 2005	Birmingham, England	Quarter-Finalist
	05 Mar 2005	YONEX GERMAN OPEN 2005	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany	Quarter-Finalist
2004	19 Dec 2004	DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	1/8
	05 Dec 04	CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2004		Winner
	21 Nov 2004	AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE 2004		Finalist
	14 Nov 2004	CHINA OPEN 2004	Guangzhou, China	1/64
	21 Aug 2004	OLYMPIC GAMES 2004		1/16
	04 Jul 2004	Proton-Eon MALAYSIA OPEN 2004		Winner
	16 May 2004	THOMAS CUP FINALS 2004		-
	11 Apr 2004	YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2004		1/16
	04 Apr 2004	NOONNOPPI KOREA OPEN 2004		1/8
	25 Jan 2004	SIAM CEMENT WGP THAILAND OPEN 2004		1/8
2003	23 Nov 2003	Luster Malaysia Satellite 2003		Winner
	16 Nov 2003	CHINA OPEN 2003		1/16
	25 Oct 2003	India Satellite 2003		Semi-Finalist
	28 Sep 2003	DENMARK OPEN 2003		1/8
	21 Sep 2003	YONEX DUTCH OPEN 2003		Quarter-Finalist