Lee Meng Yean (born 30 March 1994) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. Together with

Chow Mei Kuan Chow Mei Kuan (; born 23 December 1994) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. She started playing badminton at the age of 7 in her primary school. Chow made a debut in the international senior tournament in 2012. She won gold medals at the ...

, she won the 2018 Syed Modi International and achieved a career-high ranking of 10 in women's doubles.

Career

She was the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships silver medalist. In 2013, she won a bronze medal at the

BWF World Junior Championships The BWF World Junior Championships, also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships, is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation to crown the best junior badminton players (U-19) in the world. The championship is held annuall ...

and the

Summer Universiade The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "Universi ...

. In 2018, they were runners-up at the 2018 Russian Open. In 2019, they lost in the 2019 India Open final to future Olympic gold medalists

Greysia Polii Greysia Polii (; born 11 August 1987) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, at the 2019 SEA Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won three bro ...

and

Apriyani Rahayu Apriyani Rahayu (born 29 April 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. She and Greysia Polii won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics champions in the women's doubles. She won gold at the 2019 SEA Games, and two br ...

. In the same year, she won a bronze medal at the

SEA Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with su ...

. They competed in the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

but lost in the group stage. In 2022, she was appointed as the coach for women's doubles by the

Badminton Association of Malaysia The Badminton Association of Malaysia or BAM ( Malay: ''Persatuan Badminton Malaysia'') is the governing body of badminton in Malaysia. The association was founded in 1964. Nevertheless, the history of Malaysian badminton starts much earlier. Alre ...

Achievements

SEA Games

''Women's doubles''

Summer Universiade

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Commonwealth Youth Games

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

''Women's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Meng Yean 1994 births Living people Footballers from Malacca Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Malaysia Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games badminton players for Malaysia Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Summer World University Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade