Lee Yu-Wen (born December 21, 1980) is a Singaporean bowler.

Sports career

Lee started bowling when he was 14 years old, and was selected to join the national team in April 2001. His first major tournament was the 2001 SEA Games, where he won a bronze medal in the Trios event. Upon his return, he won the Cathay Bowl Junior Classic and dedicated his win to his father who had died weeks earlier. Lee then went on to win the Champion of Champions title. His run continued into 2002 with a victory at the Vietnam Open. Lee then hit his career high, winning a Gold medal for Trios (with

Remy Ong Remy Ong (; born 22 November 1978) is a Singaporean bowler and former world champion. Remy made his name in the 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeo ...

and Sam Goh) at the 14th

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

. Since then he has won the prestigious Qatar Open (2005) (with a cash prize of US$40000) as well as the 39th edition of the Singapore Open (2006). Although that meant the start of a 3-year title drought, but he emerged once more at the 40th Singapore National Championship as Champion over Remy Ong in 2009.

Other pursuits

In addition to his love of all sports, Lee's other passions include singing and dancing. He was a cast member in The Toy Factory's productions of

Army Daze ''Army Daze'' is a 1996 Singaporean comedy film based on the 1987 theatre play of the same name by Singaporean writer Michael Chiang. Distributed by Cathay Asia Films and directed by Ong Keng Sen, the film portrays a group of 18-year-old Singapo ...

and Spring Singing.

References

Living people 1980 births Singaporean ten-pin bowling players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Asian Games medalists in bowling Bowlers at the 2006 Asian Games Bowlers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in bowling Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games {{Tenpin-bowling-bio-stub