Lee Yang (; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese retired professional

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player. He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in

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, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals. Lee also won the bronze medals at the

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and

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, as well at the 2023 Asian Championships. With his former partner

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion, becoming the first doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals, and th ...

, they reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022.

Career

Lee was born in

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in 1995, his paternal line was originated from

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and has his

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located in

Jinning, Kinmen Jinning Township ( zh, t=, w=Chin¹-ning² Hsiang¹ , hp=Jīnníng Xiāng , poj=Kim-lêng-hiong) is a Township (Taiwan), rural township in Kinmen, Republic of China. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. It has a populatio ...

. He was educated and raised in Taipei and has started his career in badminton in

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. Lee played in the men's doubles with

Lee Jhe-huei Lee Jhe-huei (; born 20 March 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He played in the men's doubles with Lee Yang. They were the champions at the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the 2015 Chinese Taipei ...

. 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

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. In 2018, he competed at the

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and won bronze medals in the men's doubles and team events. Lee made a new partnership with

in the end of 2018. Wang and Lee are class mates from junior high school. The duo reached six finals in the

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, managed to win the Spain Masters, Orléans Masters,

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, and Korea Masters. In 2021, at the

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, he partnered with

to defeat the 2018 World Champion pairing of

Li Junhui Li Junhui (, born 10 May 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2018 World Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Liu Yuchen, two times won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in 2017 and 20 ...

and

Liu Yuchen Liu Yuchen ( zh, s=刘雨辰, p=Liú Yǔchén, born 25 July 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2018, two-time Asian Champion in 2017 and 2018, and also a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics p ...

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. In 2024, at the

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, he and his partner

repeated the feat to win in the men's doubles finals as an unseeded pair, making history to become the first men's doubles pair in history to defend their Olympic title.

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, the current

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, congratulated Lee and Wang on their victory by referring to the pair as "the country's glory". After appearing in the 2024 Taipei Open, Lee retired from professional badminton to become a lecturer at the

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. A farewell ceremony for Lee was held after the Taipei Open tournament on 9 September 2024.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Summer Universiade

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World University Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 6 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

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(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. ''Men's doubles''

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

(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. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, S ...

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

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

''Men'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

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Yang 1995 births Living people Badminton players from Taipei Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent Taiwanese male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Taiwan Olympic gold medalists for Taiwan Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Summer World University Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade