# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-chong-wei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:21:53.747Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-chong-wei"
name: "Lee Chong Wei"
slug: "lee-chong-wei"
description: "Lee Chong Wei is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fifth Malaysian player after Foo Kok Keong, Rashid Sidek, Roslin Hashim and Wong Choong Hann to achieve such a ranking, and is the only Malaysian shuttler who has held the number one ranking for more than a year.\nOn 2 May 2023, Lee was inducted to BWF Badminton Hall of Fame. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest badminton players of all time."
tagline: "Malaysian badminton player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Badminton-lee_chong_wei.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.85072133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LeeChongWei"
    handle:    "LeeChongWei"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/leechongweiofficial/"
    handle:    "leechongweiofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/leechongweiofficial"
    handle:    "leechongweiofficial"
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    title: "Lee Chong Wei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لى تشونج وى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lee Chong Wei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lee Chong Wei"
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    title: "Lee Chong Wei"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ली चोंग वेई"
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    title: "ლი ჩონგ ვეი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಲೀ ಚೋಂಗ್ ವೀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%B4%9D%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "리총웨이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lee Chong Wei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Li Dzunvei"
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    title: "ലീ ചോങ് വെയ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump