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Wednesday 6 March 2013

My IDOL - Dato' Lee Chong Wei


Dato 'Lee Chong Wei was born on October 21, 1982 in George Town, Penang) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who now lives in Binjai. Lee won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics, then became the first Malaysian to qualify for the finals of the men's singles, while Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since 1996. This achievement bestowed on him the title of Mayor, as well as acclaimed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as a national hero.



Lee topped the men's singles badminton player ranking on August 21, 2008. He is a Malaysian badminton player when the reach the top after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim (since official rankings began in the 1980s), and also the only Malaysian badminton champion who defended its top position for more than two weeks.

Biography

In his childhood, when studying in SRJK (C) Jit Sin (B), Berapit, Lee loves basketball, but her mother forbade her from going into the sport of turbulence melayur heat in outdoor basketball courts. Lee began to learn badminton age of 11, when his father, who loves playing the sport took him to the badminton court.

Having attracted the attention of a local coach, the coach asked Lee that Lee's father permission to be child proteges. After the blessing of his father, the coach began to train Lee after school hours. Once discovered by Misbun Sidek, then he joined the national team at the age of 17 years.

Career (2004-2007)



Lee approached his first title in a major tournament in 2003, when he qualified for the finals in the inaugural Malaysian Open 2003, before bowing out to Chen Hong of China.

In 2004, Lee successfully pursue two titles at the earliest at the Malaysia Open and Chinese Taipei Open. Lee joined the national team to the 2004 Olympics in Athens. In his first Olympics, Lee aside Ng Wei of Hong Kong in the first round before again defeated by Chen Hong in the second round. Regardless, Lee still helpless captured two titles in 2005, at the Malaysian Open and Denmark Open, in addition to the bronze medal won in his first World Championship action after losing in the semi finals to Taufik Hidayat who then won the championship.



Lee then won three titles out of six finals in 2006. He won the Badminton Asia Championships Terbuk Switzerland and (for the third time) Malaysia Open, while also reaching the final stage of the Chinese Taipei Open, Macau Open and Hong Kong Open. Lee helped Malaysia bagged two particular team gold medal in badminton men's singles and mixed team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March. Lee reached the top of the world rankings twice in Badminton World Federation in 2006, and joined the World Championships as a first choice player, but were shocked by Bao Chunlai of China in the quarter-finals in a match marred by two controversial line call that is not in favor of Lee .




On 3 November 2006, Lee involved in a road accident on the way to Bukit Jalil after means that the night when his car collided behind by a vehicle that lost control due to tire leak. He was sent to the Sunway Medical Centre to be treated with six stitches on his head injury.


Season 2007 saw Lee failed to enter the final round for the first time in the Malaysia Open last five years, but also an early exit in five competitions afterward before tossing back to seize the Indonesia Open, the first title since the 2006 Malaysia Open after split from Li Mao to unite back to coach Misbun Sidek. Performance in the second half of the once brilliant, as they bagged three titles in Philippines Open, Japan Open and the French Open.

He also reached the final round of the China Open and Hong Kong Open despite being affected by his knee injury. Lee won all matches involving it in Sudirman Cup in June, despite Malaysia team only reached the fifth place overall in the competition. Most bitter moments experienced by Lee is at the World Championships, held in Malaysia despite its outstanding performance during the second half of that year, he was unexpectedly defeated by Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro, until he interjected chief coach Yap Kim Hock behind only to lose on the grounds that Yap too much stress in preparing for the competition.



2008: Olympics



Lee started the year 2008 with great success, to win the Malaysia Open fourth time in five years. followed by the Singapore Open, Korea Open (last game before the Olympics) All England Open, Swiss Open, Asian Badminton Championships, as well as the Thomas Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia, in which Lee led the team to the semifinals of Malaysia when he defeated Lin Dan to ensure Malaysia jaura 1-0 lead when defending against China. However, Malaysia eventually lost 2-3 due to the fall of his first doubles title in the last match.

At the 2008 Olympics, Lee excluded from the first round, then easily put aside the challenge Ronald Susilo in the second round, Kestutis Navickas in the third round, and Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the quarter-finals, before struggling to overcome stiff competition Lee Hyun-il of South Korea before being able to advance to the finals. However, Lee easily defeated by Lin Dan with 12-21 points, 8-21. Lee received a reward Rs 300,000 on Aug. 21, 2008, as won the silver medal at the Olympic Games, as well as also Rs 3,000 per month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. To achieve the same, he was awarded the degree of bosom State Secretariat (DSPN), which carries the title Datuk by the President of the State of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on August 30, 2008.

Lee ended his last Super Series tournament in 2008 at the Hong Kong Open by pulling out with a knee injury, thus opening up opportunities for Marc Zwiebler from Germany. This withdrawal causes the China media mocked as "the world number one, the weakest", while also speculated that there are three factors that affect the performance of Lee since the Olympic Games, the Olympic finals stress, terror will Lin Dan as easily lost at the hands of Lin , and pressure as the number one world (as echoed by Misbun Sidek).

Although the pain of playing at international level, winning his seventh book in the final round of the Grand Prix National Bandminton in Orissa on December 12, 2008, breaking the target of six consecutive titles set by Misbun Sidek. Lee eventually won the title in the Super Series Masters Finals, albeit without challenge from Lin Dan and China's other top players turbulence dibelenggui injury and fatigue.

2009



Lee launched the 2009 season with a fifth Malaysia Open title, but failed to clinch the title at the Korea Open and All England Open even advanced to the final round. However, he won the second title of the year in the Swiss Open by defeating Lin Dan in straight sets, marking the first time China's top players busted in the final round outside the country of origin. Later, Lee was shocked by Chen Long of China in the India Open. He claimed his loss due to food poisoning and urged authorities in order to improve the situation by the World Championships. In May, Lee helped Malaysia reached their first semi-final round during the Sudirman Cup history, although unbeaten in the tournament was finally broken by Lin Dan. Regardless, he again won the Indonesia Open, and the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold, despite failing to defend Singapore Open title as surprised by Nguyen Tien Minh in the second round.

On June 6, 2009, Lee bestowed the title of Standard Bakti (DB) from the Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, in conjunction with his official birthday on the track at the 2008 Olympics. [50] He was reportedly a relationship with Wong Mew Choo, his teammate, [51] until they both announced the end of their relationship in September.

In August, Lee Chong Wei, the World Championships in Hyderabad, India to clinch his title ambitions but crushed by Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the quarter-finals. After resting for a month, Lee competed in the China Masters, where he lost to Lin Dan in the quarter-final defeat followed early in the second round of the Japan Open in the hands of Simon Santoso. Injuries sustained on his knees when the cause Lee about playing a little over the remnants of 2009. Once away from the Denmark Open and French Open, Lee returned to the arena to win the Hong Kong Open on 15 November, but after losing in the first round of the China Open three days later.

In World Super Series Masters Finals in Johor Bahru held on December 3 to 6, Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia's name did the defending men's singles title, followed by the success of Wong Mew Choo won the women's singles. However, Chong Wei will have to give up the opportunity to play in the SEA Games in Vientiane held a week later on the direction of coach for the cure of the injured knee.

2010



Datuk Lee Chong Wei began in 2010 with the powerful, to win the Korea Open and Malaysia Open (sixth) row. This is also the first time Lee has won two Super Series tournaments in a row. On March 14, at the seventh attempt to win the All-England Championships during his career, Lee finally managed to win the men's singles title at the prestigious tournament in Birmingham, to fend off competition from Japan's Kenichi Tago in the final with a score of 21-19, 21-19.

Lee participated in the Thomas Cup homeland. He managed to defeat Kenichi Tago won the first point, but the team lost 2-3 to Japan and Malaysia. In the semi-final, he beat Peter Gade, thus helping his team gain a place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals against China, Lee was defeated by Lin Dan, thus ending a record 18-match unbeaten run since the beginning of this year.

In June, Lee participated in Singapore Open but fell in the quarterfinals. However, Lee bounced by winning the Indonesia Open, Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold in July, and Macau Open in August. At the end of August, Lee tried his luck again in the World Championship, but lost suddenly in the hands of Taufik Hidayat in the quarterfinals. Misbun Sidek admitted that the defeat was due to a back injury he suffered after the third round. On September 26, Lee beat arch-rival Lin Dan in Japan Open.



In October, Lee helped Malaysia team beat India to defend the gold medal in the mixed team event of the Commonwealth Games in 2010, then successfully defended his gold medal once again in the singles. A month later, he won the silver medal at the Asian Games. Although able to beat World Champion Chen Jin in the semi-final, Lee once again tasted defeat at the hands of arch-rival Lin Dan in the final round. At the end of the year, Lee won the Hong Kong Open title the second consecutive year.

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