My favourite sportsperson

MY FAVOURITE LEE YUE HAN
SPORTSPERSON 5 ZAMRUD

- LEE CHONG WEI

PERSONAL DESCRIPTION

 Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a former Malaysian badminton player.
 As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349

weeks
 Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a triple silver medalist at the Olympic

Games, and the sixth Malaysian to win an Olympic medal.[3]
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
national hero. He repeated the achievement twice more in
2012 and 2016, thus making him the most successful
Malaysian Olympian in history.

PERSONAL DESCRIPTION

 On 13 June 2019, Lee announced his retirement after
struggling to return to full fitness following a nose cancer
diagnosis

5 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY
DATUK LEE CHONG WEI

1. He was ranked No 1 worldwide for 6 years

 With an amazing profile of victories, it’s no wonder that Datuk
Lee Chong Wei was ranked first worldwide for six consecutive
years, starting from 2008 to 2013.

 What makes this feat even more astonishing is that he is the
FIRST Malaysian badminton player to have
held the number one position
for more than a year.

5 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY
DATUK LEE CHONG WEI

2. Datuk Lee Chong Wei has three silver medals from the
Olympic Games

 Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a three-time silver medalist at the Olympic
games and the sixth Malaysian to win an Olympic medal.

 He won his first silver medal in the 2008 Olympics. That particular
day was also historic for Malaysian because it was the first time
ever that a Malaysian had
reached the finals in the
men’s Badminton singles.

5 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY
DATUK LEE CHONG WEI

3. Datuk Lee Chong Wei is the first non-Indonesian player to win
the Indonesian Open

 Amidst his many achievements, another one which he can be
proud of is winning the Indonesian Open several times, in
different years. On top of that, he was the
only non-Indonesian
player to have ever
won the tournament.

5 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY
DATUK LEE CHONG WEI

4. He was a TWO-time BWF World Superseries Finals Champion

 After several failures in the World Championships, Datuk Lee
Chong Wei – who is known for being very determined – rose
above the failures and managed to win the champion title
TWO times in the tournament in 2011 and 2013

5 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY
DATUK LEE CHONG WEI

5. LCW was honoured with the National Sportsman Award in
2008

 It was only right to present him with the National Sportsman
Award in 2008 because it also the same year he brought back
a silver medal from the
Olympics.

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