Lee Yang

Lee Yang (Chinese: 李洋; pinyin: Lǐ Yáng; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player and 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion.[1]

Lee Yang
李洋
Personal information
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Born (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995
Taipei, Taiwan
ResidenceKaohsiung, Taiwan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (MD with Wang Chi-lin 27 September 2022)
27 (XD with Hsu Ya-ching 2 November 2017)
Current ranking12 (MD with Wang Chi-lin) (3 October 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Men's doubles
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Lee played in the men's doubles with Lee Jhe-huei. They were champions in 2016 at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the 2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix, 2015 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, and 2015 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold. In 2016 they entered the 2016 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, 2016 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold and 2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix. He won the men's doubles title at the 2017 French Open.[2] In 2018, he competed at the Asian Games and won bronze medals in the men's doubles and team events.[3]

In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he partnered with Wang Chi-lin to defeat the 2018 World Champion pairing of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final. They became the first unseeded pair to win an Olympic gold in the men's doubles event and the first to win a gold in badminton for Chinese Taipei.[4]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza,
Tokyo, Japan
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen
21–18, 21–12 Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
15–21, 22–20, 12–21 Bronze Bronze
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Won-ho
12–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty
18–21, 14–13 retired Bronze Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan
Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Japan Katsuki Tamate
Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi
21–13, 14–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan
Chinese Taipei Hsu Ya-ching Malaysia Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub
Malaysia Goh Yea Ching
14–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

World University Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",
Ramenskoe, Russia
Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Jae-hwan
21–19, 14–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",
Ramenskoe, Russia
Chinese Taipei Hsu Ya-ching Malaysia Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid
Malaysia Shevon Jamie Lai
21–13, 21–19 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
21–8, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto
19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Japan Akira Koga
Japan Taichi Saito
16–21, 22–20, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 India Open Super 500 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Indonesia Angga Pratama
Indonesia Ricky Karanda Suwardi
21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 U.S. Open Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Korea Masters Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
21–19, 20–22, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
21–16, 21–23, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik
21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
21–17, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun
18–21, 21–10, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
21–19, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[8] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 French Open Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
21–19, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam Open Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong
18–21, 21–14, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch Open Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard
21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Macau Open Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei China Lu Kai
China Zhang Nan
17–21, 21–18, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Korea Masters Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei South Korea Kim Jae-hwan
South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Chinese Taipei Open Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Malaysia International Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Chinese Taipei Lin Chia-yu
Chinese Taipei Wu Hsiao-lin
21–17, 16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Yang Lee". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "Taiwan badminton stars win two titles at French Open". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Tai and Lee/Lee Rewrote Tpe History". Victor Sport. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018.
  4. Schwerdt, Joseph (31 July 2021). "Chinese Taipei Makes Badminton History With Men's Doubles Gold". NBC New York. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  8. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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