Lee Yang

Lee Yang
Personal information
Country  Taiwan
Born (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995
Taipei, Taiwan
Residence Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 7 (MD 6 July 2017)
27 (XD 18 January 2018)
Current ranking 12 (MD), 31 (XD) (13 September 2018)
BWF profile

Lee Yang (born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player.[1][2]

Career

He plays 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. His best achievement is to win the men's doubles title at the 2017 French Open.[3] In 2018, he competed at the Asian Games, clinched the bronze medals in the men's doubles and team events.[4]

Achievements

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

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

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

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

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, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

World University Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Ramenskoe, Russia Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Jae-hwan
21–19, 14–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Ramenskoe, Russia Chinese Taipei Hsu Ya-ching Malaysia Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid
Malaysia Shevon Jamie Lai
21–13, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. "Players: Yang Lee". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "Yang Lee Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. "Taiwan badminton stars win two titles at French Open". taiwantoday.tw. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. "Tai and Lee/Lee Rewrote Tpe History". Victor Sport. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018.
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