Lee Wung Yew, (; born 19 March 1966) is a Singaporean sport shooter. He is a three-time Olympian, a six-time

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competitor, and a thirteen-time

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medalist (1985–2009). Because of his long-term success and full commitment to the sport, Lee was named Singapore's Sportsman of the Year in 1990 and in 1998. He was also conferred the Public Service Medal and

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for his contribution to sports. He is currently teaching at Assumption English School as a Physical Education teacher.

Shooting career

Lee started his sporting career at the age of fifteen, when his father Lee Eng Hong convinced him to shoot a gun. Four years later, Lee qualified for the

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, where he won a gold medal, as a member of the Singaporean shooting team, in men's trap shooting. At the

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, Lee captured his first ever individual gold medal in the same discipline, striking a total of 181 clay pigeons. In 1992, Lee graduated from

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, with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a master of business administration degree major in sports management. Lee made his official debut for the

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, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremonies. He placed twentieth in the first ever men's trap shooting, with a score of 119 clay pigeons, tying his position with ten other shooters including United States'

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and Kuwait's Fehaid Al Deehani. The following year, Lee reached his breakthrough season in shooting, when he captured four gold medals in both trap and double trap at the

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. Lee also competed for the second time in the men's trap at the

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, where he placed twenty-first out of thirty-five shooters in the preliminary rounds, striking a total of 115 clay pigeons. Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Lee qualified for his third Singaporean team, as a 42-year-old, at the

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, by placing third from the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in

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, with a total of 133 birds. He scored a total of 110 clay pigeons in the preliminary rounds of the men's trap, by three points ahead of Ireland's Derek Burnett from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-eighth place.

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