Dare to be a Champion

Datuk Lee Chong Wei (born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian professional badminton player. As a
singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks 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 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 Malaysian Prime
Minister Najib Tun 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.
Lee was born in Bagan Serai, Perak, into a Malaysian Chinese family, to Lee Ah Chai and Khor Kim
Choi. In his early years, he favoured basketball, however his mother soon banned him from the game due
to the searing heat of the outdoor basketball court. Lee began to learn badminton at the age of 11, when
his father, who liked to play the game, brought him to the badminton hall. Attracting the attention of local
coach Teh Peng Huat, who asked Lee's father if he could take him as a student. After receiving his father's
consent, Teh began to train Lee after school. Discovered by Misbun Sidek, he was drafted into the national
squad when he was seventeen years old.
Lee received RM300,000 on 21 August 2008, as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008
Olympic Games. Also, he received RM3,000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For
the same achievement, he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which carried the
title Datuk by Governor of Penang, Abdul Rahman Abbas on 30 August 2008. He was appointed as
the UNICEF Malaysia's National Ambassador in February 2009.
On 6 June 2009, Lee received the Darjah Bakti (DB) award, from Mizan Zainal Abidin, in
conjunction with the Birthday of Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, for his achievements in the
2008 Olympics. He was in a relationship with Wong Mew Choo, his teammate. In 2009, Lee and Wong
announced they are no longer together during the 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad, India.
However, Lee announced his reconciliation with Mew Choo after winning a silver medal in 2012 Summer
Olympics. They were married on 9 November 2012, and had two children, Kingston and Terrance, which
were born in April 2013 and July 2015 respectively.
On 16 March 2011, Lee received Permodalan Nasional Berhad shares worth RM100,000 from
Najib Tun Razak soon after his triumph in the All England Open. He was appointed as KDU University
College ambassador on 31 July 2011. Lee's autobiography Dare to be a Champion was officially published
on 18 January 2012. On 5 July 2012, Lee was conferred the rank of Lieutenant commander(Honorary) of
the Royal Malaysian Navy Volunteer Reserve Unit. On 7 October 2016, Lee was promoted to the rank of
honorary Commander of the Royal Malaysian Navy Volunteer Reserve Unit in recognition of his success
at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. On 15 October 2016, Lee was made a recipient of Darjah Cemerlang Seri
Melaka (DCSM) carrying the title of "Datuk Wira" from Malacca Governor Mohd Khalil Yaakob. In
September 2017, he was conferred Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), which carries the title Datuk, by the Yang
di-Pertuan Agong Muhammad V.

Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Chong_Wei

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