Datuk Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian Hero
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (born 21 October 1982) is a retired Malaysian badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, these including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fourth Malaysian player after Rashid Sidek, Roslin Hashim and Wong Choong Hann to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the number one ranking for more than a year.
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 2008, also the first time a Malaysian had reached the finals in the men's singles event. This achievement earned him the title Datuk, and led to then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak describing him as a national hero. He repeated the achievement twice more in 2012 and 2016, thus making him the most successful Malaysian Olympian in history.
On 13 June 2019, Lee announced his retirement after struggling to return to full fitness following a nose cancer diagnosis. He was appointed as Malaysia's chef de mission for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
| Lee Chong Wei after winning the final game of English Open 2015 (source: Google) |
| Lee Chong Wei did it again after winning 9th Malaysia Open tournament (source: Google) |
| Lee Chong Wei in a match for French Open title (source: Google) |
| Lee swapping jerseys with his biggest rival and bestfriend China's Lin Dan (source: Google) |
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