Lee Chong Wei Biography

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Lee Chong Wei

MAS - Malaysia

Date of Birth:	Oct 21 1982	Height(cm/ft in):	170cm / 5'7"
Gender:	Male	Weight(kg/lbs):	60 kg / 132 lbs
Place of Birth:	Georgetown (Malaysia)
Sport:	Badminton
Event(s):	Men's Singles

Historical Results

Competition Highlights: Note: A complete explanation of data type and depth can be found in the Additional Information section of the biography

Rank	Event	Year	Venue
Olympic Games
Last 16	Singles	2004	Athens, GRE
World Championships
3	Singles	2005	Anaheim, CA, USA
Quarterfinal	Singles	2006	Madrid, ESP
Last 16	Singles	2007	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Asian Championships
1	Singles	2006	Johor Baharu, MAS
Quarterfinal	Singles	2007	Johor Baharu, MAS
World Grand Prix
1	Singles	2008	Aviva Singapore Open
1	Singles	2008	Proton Malaysia Open
1	Singles	2007	French Open
1	Singles	2007	Yonex Japan Open
1	Singles	2007	Philippine Open
1	Singles	2007	Djarum Indonesia Open
1	Singles	2006	Proton Eon Malaysia Open
1	Singles	2006	Swiss Open
1	Singles	2005	Realkredit Denmark Open
1	Singles	2005	Proton Eon Malaysia Open
1	Singles	2004	Chinese Taipei Open
1	Singles	2004	Proton Eon Malaysia Open
2	Singles	2008	Wilson Swiss Open
2	Singles	2007	Hong Kong Open
2	Singles	2007	China Open
2	Singles	2006	Hong Kong Open
2	Singles	2006	Macau Open
2	Singles	2006	Chinese Taipei Open
2	Singles	2004	Aviva Singapore Open
3	Singles	2008	Yonex All England Open
3	Singles	2007	Denmark Open
3	Singles	2007	China Masters
3	Singles	2006	Yonex Japan Open
3	Singles	2006	Yonex All England Open
3	Singles	2005	Hong Kong Open
3	Singles	2005	Yonex All England Open
3	Singles	2005	German Open
Sudirman Cup
6	Team	2007	Glasgow, GBR
Thomas & Uber Cup
3	Team	2008	Jakarta, INA
3	Team	2006	Japan

Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan Singles Final

Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan Singles Final

BEIJING: Lee Chong Wei has secured at least a silver medal for Malaysia in the Beijing Olympics.

The national one shuttler and second seed for the men's singles event here defeated South Korean Lee Hyun-il 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 in the semi-finals Friday at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.

Chong Wei will now take on top seeded Lin Dan from China in the final Sunday.The Chinese player beat his compatriot Chen Jin 21-12, 21-18 in the other last four men's singles clash.
By booking his place in the final, which will be played on Sunday, the 26-year-old Penangite now stands to pocket at least RM300,000 as an incentive from the Govvernment.

If he manages to win Malaysia's first ever Olympic gold, Chong Wei will pocket a whopping RM1mil.Malaysia has won a total of three Olympic medals thus far - one silver and two bronze medals - which were all delivered by shuttlers.Before the last four clash here, the record between Chong Wei and Lee was even for this year.

Chong Wei beat Lee in the Malaysian Open final in three games.When they next clashed in the Korean Open, Lee whipped Chong Wei in the second round and went on to beat world number one Lin Dan in a three-game thriller for the title.Chong Wei is the only Malaysian shuttler still in the fray in Bejing. The other Malaysians all failed to shine.

Veterans Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah lost in the men's doubles first round to second ranked Koreans Lee Jae-jin-Hwang Ji-man.Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong lost in the last eight to Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.

Wong Mew Choo lost in the quater-finals of the women's singles event 7-21, 27-29 to China's Lu Lan.Wong Choon Hann lost to Taiwan's Hsieh Yu-hsing 17-21,18-21 in the third round of the men's singles event.