Lee Hup Wei (Chinese: 李合偉; born 5 May 1987 in
Kajang
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high jump
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Royal Malaysia Navy officer. At the
2019 World Championships held in
Doha
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Qatar
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, Lee became the first ever Malaysian track and field athlete to reach the final, where he classified 8th.
Background
He was born in Kajang, in a family of one boy and three girls. He attended secondary education in SMK Dengkil, later he was admitted to Bukit Jalil Sports School to complete his Form 4 and Form 5 studies.Hup Wei also personnel Royal Malaysia Navy
Career
He finished eighth at the
2005 Asian Championships, seventh at the
2006 Asian Games
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and won the gold medal at the
2007 Asian Championships.
He scored numerous successes in 2007 including emerging the winner at the Asia Track and Field (AFT) championship in Jordan, winning the gold medal at the
SEA Games
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in Korat as well as in the All Comers championship and the Thailand Open. Recently he has also won gold in the Good Luck Beijing Games.
Personal best heights
During the Group B qualifying round at the World Championships in Doha, he improved upon his personal best with a jump of 2.29 meters.
High jumper Lee Hup Wei sets new record at World Athletics Championships
Malay Mail 2 October 2019 Retrieved 4 October 2019 His previous personal best was 2.27 meters, achieved at the China Open in May 2008 at Beijing
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's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, to break the 13-year-old Malaysian record of 2.24m set by Loo Kum Zee
Loo Kum Zee (born 2 December 1974) is a Malaysian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.24 metres, achieved in December 1995 in Chiangmai.
He won bronze medals at the Asian Championships in 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2003. He also competed at th ...
in the 1995 Chiang Mai SEA Games.
His efforts saw him win the gold medal, break the Malaysian high jump record, and qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
International competitions
1Representing Asia-Pacific
References
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1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Selangor
Malaysian people of Chinese descent
Malaysian male high jumpers
Olympic athletes for Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Navy personnel
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
SEA Games medalists in athletics
SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Asian Games competitors for Malaysia
Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
Asian Athletics Championships winners