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Dato' Lee Chong Wei (born 21 October 1982 in Bagan Serai, Perak[1]) is a Malaysian Chinese professional badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012.[2] He is the third Malaysian player after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim 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.[3]
Lee is a silver medalist in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, making him the sixth Malaysian to win an Olympicmedal[3] and the first Malaysian to reach the finals in the men's singles event, ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Dato', and a description by Malaysian Prime MinisterNajib Tun Razak as a national hero.[4] He repeated the achievement four years later in London, thus making him the most successful Malaysian Olympian in history.[5]

In January 2014, Lee lost in the final of Korea Open to Chen Long, his fourth straight defeat by the Chinese.[134] He recorded his tenth Malaysia Open title a week later. Soon after the triumph, he announced this would be his last Malaysia Open outing, as he would assess his condition after the Asian Games and may retire if the results are not good.[135]

Further, he won his third All England Open and India Open title respectively.[136][137] However, he was stunned by Simon Santoso in final of the Singapore Open.[138]Lee won every match he contested during the Thomas Cup campaign, Malaysia reached the finals, only losing to Japan with a score of 3–2.[139]

In June, he won the Japan Open for the third consecutive year and fifth time overall.[140] He lost in the semifinals of the Indonesia Open, this also ended his hope of nine straight Super Series finals.[141]

In August, Lee came second for the third time at the World Championships, losing to Chen Long of China in straight sets.[142]