| Lee Yang 李洋 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Lee in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Taiwan (ROC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 1995 Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Jinning, Kinmen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 7 (MD with Lee Jhe-huei, 6 July 2017) 2 (MD with Wang Chi-lin, 27 September 2022) 27 (XD with Hsu Ya-ching, 2 November 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 9 (MD with Wang Chi-lin, 13 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lee Yang (Chinese: 李洋; pinyin: Lǐ Yáng; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player.[1] He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in 2020 and 2024, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair ever in olympic history to win consecutive gold medals.[2] Lee also won the bronze medals at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games, as well at the 2023 Asian Championships. With his current partner Wang Chi-lin, they reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022.[3]
- ^ "Players: Yang Lee". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ Chao, Yen-hsiang (6 August 2024). "From Tokyo to Paris: Unraveling Taiwan badminton duo's Olympic journey". Focus Taiwan. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "麟洋配登世界男雙第二 排名創下生涯新高" (in Chinese). FTV. 27 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.