Lee Shun Yang (, born 27 June 2001) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player. He won the silver medals in the men's team at the

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and

2023 SEA Games , UNGEGN: ''Keila Rôs Knŏng Sântĕphéap'') , nations = 11 , athletes = 6,210 , events = 580 in 36 sports , opening = 5 May 2023 , closing = 17 May 2023 , opened_by = Hun Sen , closed_by = Hun Sen , tor ...

; and also a men's singles bronze medal in 2023.

Career

Lee competed in the

2019 BWF World Junior Championships The 2019 BWF World Junior Championships was the twenty-first edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Kazan, Russia at the Kazan Gymnastics Center from 30 September to 13 October 2019. Host city selection The original winne ...

. In the men's singles event, he lost in the first round to Joakim Oldorff of Finland. In 2021, he won his first senior title at the

Hellas International The Hellas International or Greece International in badminton is an international open held in Athens, Greece since 2000 and are thereby one of the most recent international championships in Europe. In 2005, the tournament then upgraded to two star ...

. In 2022, Lee finished up as a semifinalist at the Ukraine Open. A few months later, Lee helped the Malaysian men's team to clinch silver at the

2021 SEA Games ) , caption = , host_city = Hanoi and surrounding provinces, Vietnam , nations = 11 , athletes = 5,467 , events = 526 in 40 sports , opening = 12 May 2022 , closing = 23 May 2022 , opened_by = N ...

. Lee made his second appearance at the SEA Games in

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, and winning a silver medal in the men's team, and also a bronze medal in the men's singles. After the SEA Games, Lee suffered 4 early-round exits. First in the qualifying second round of the Thailand Open, the first round of the

Indonesia International The Indonesia International is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in Indonesia since 1997. It is organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia. Since 2007, it is graded as the International Challenge, which are leve ...

held in Medan and the

Vietnam Open The Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open (known as the ''Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open'' for sponsorship reasons) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the International Series of the ATP Tour. It ...

and the second round of the KL Masters. He finished off the 2023 season by participating in the Malaysia International Challenge, losing to Riki Takei from Japan in the quarterfinals. Due to his gloomy results, he was eventually kicked and offered to become a full-time sparring partner by the national team in December.

Achievements

SEA Games

''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Shun Yang 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Penang Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton