Monday, January 24, 2011

THE GREATEST BADMINTON PLAYER 2000-2010

THE GREATEST BADMINTON PLAYER 2000-2010;

Lin Dan born October 14, 1983  is a badminton player from China. Of Hakka ancestry, he has been nicknamed "Super Dan"  by his fans. Many consider Lin as the greatest player of his generation, even hailing him to be the greatest of all time.


Lin won the men's singles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (2008). He is the only player in badminton history to have won three consecutive titles at the World Championships (2006, 2007 and 2009). Lin was also a 4-time title holder of the All-England Open (2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009) and has helped China win four consecutive Thomas Cup (Men’s Team World Badminton Championships) (2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010) and three consecutive Sudirman Cup (World Team Championships) (2005, 2007, and 2009).

He won the Asian Games 2010 Gold Medal by beating world #1 Lee Chong Wei of malaysia in the finals at 21/13 15/21 21/10, thus becoming the only player to have all the titles that badminton offers globally, Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games, All England and many BWF circuit super series events. He was voted for Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2010 Asian Games.


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Taufik Hidayat (born August 10, 1981 in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former world champion and a former Olympic champion in men's singles. He has also won the Indonesian Open six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).


When he was young, he joined the SGS Club, a badminton club in Bandung, where he trained under Iie Sumirat.

Hidayat won the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In August 2005, he won the men's singles competition at the IBF World Championships.

Popular media has at times focused on the perceived rivalry between Hidayat and Chinese player Lin Dan, referring to the two as "arch rivals".

Hidayat's early achievements included being the top seed in the Men's Singles competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, at the age of 19; winning his first Indonesia Open title at the age 18; and reaching the All England final at the age of 17.

6 times won men's singles Badminton Indonesia Open (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006)
2 times won badminton men's singles Asian Games (2002 and 2006)
1 time won men's singles Badminton World Championships (2005)
1 time won men's singles Badminton Summer Olympics (2004)
2 times won Thomas Cup with Indonesian Badminton National Team (2000 and 2002)
3 times won men's singles Badminton Asia Championships (2000, 2004 and 2007)
3 times won men's singles Singapore Open (2001, 2005)
2 times won men's singles China Open (2005, 2006)
1 time won men's single French Super Series (2010)
1 time won men's singles Malaysia Open (2000)
1 time won men's singles Macau Open Badminton Championships (2008)
1 time won men's singles India Open (2009)
1 time won men's singles US Open (2009)
1 time won men's singles Canada Open (2010)
1 time won men's singles Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold (2010)
Won the Brunei Open at the age of 16
Won gold medal at individual event (men's single) after defeating Singapore men's single Kendrick Lee Yen Hui with straight-set 21-15, 21-9 and won gold medal for men's team event at SEA Games (2007)

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Datuk Lee Chong Wei  born October 21, 1982 in Georgetown, Penang is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Datuk, and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as national hero.


As a singles player, Lee was again ranked first worldwide on August 21, 2008. He is the third Malaysian men's singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks.

Lee is also the reigning All England champion.

Lee has won many international badminton titles in his career, including many Super Series titles. However, despite his status among the world's elite, Lee has only managed to capture bronze (in 2005) at the BWF World Championship.

 Lee gained a spot for 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. In his first Olympics appearance, Lee defeated Ng Wei of Hong Kong in the first round. His journey ended in the second round when he was beaten by Chen Hong.[16]

In 2008 Olympic Games , However, it was a one-sided final, as Lee was completely outplayed by Lin Dan and salvaged only 20 points, losing 12–21, 8–21. He came second place overall.

Lee received RM300,000 on August 21, 2008, as a reward for his silver medal effort in the 2008 Olympic Games. Also, he received RM3,000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008. For the same achievement, he was conferred with a Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which carries the title Datuk by Governor of Penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on August 30, 2008.

On June 6, 2009, Lee received the Darjah Bakti (DB) award, from Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, in conjunction with the Birthday of Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, for his achievements in the 2008 Olympics

He win 7th Malaysia Open. (2004,2005,2006,2008,2009,2010,2011). Truly a  greatest 'Jaguh Kampung' player.

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..YEAR 2011;


KUALA LUMPUR (31/01/11): A resilient world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei collapsed at the crucial stage to allow archrival Lin Dan of China to take the honour as the first champion of the richest tournament in badminton history.

In the US$1.2mil South Korea Open in Seoul yesterday, the three-time champion displayed a late burst of power in the rubber game to win the last six points consecutively for a 21-19, 14-21, 21-16 victory to dethrone Chong Wei as the champion.

It was the 18th defeat for Chong Wei by Lin Dan in 24 meetings.

The hard work and solid netplay over one hour and 15 minutes earned Lin Dan a jackpot purse of US$90,000 (RM275,000).

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PUTRAJAYA (15/03/11): Pemain badminton nombor satu dunia Datuk Lee Chong Wei pada Selasa menerima RM100,000 unit amanah saham Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) daripada kerajaan Malaysia atas kejayaannya mempertahankankan kejuaraannya pada Kejohanan Badminton All-England awal pagi Isnin.


Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menyampaikan hadiah tersebut kepada Lee, yang tiba dari London pada pukul 6.45 pagi tadi, pada majlis sarapan pagi di Seri Perdana di sini, Selasa.

Sementara isteri Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, yang juga Penaung Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) turut menyampaikan hadiah peribadinya yang merupakan sebuah jam tangan atas kejayaan Lee itu.

Lee pada kejohanan itu mengalahkan musuh ketatnya Lin Dan dari China 21-17, 21-17 dengan mengambil masa 52 minit pada pertandingan perseorangan lelaki Kejohanan All-England di Birmingham Indoor Arena, England.

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Having settled for second place for a third time after also losing to Lin Dan in the 2008 Olympics and last year's Asian Games, Chong Wei could have been forgiven for thinking that he is just not destined to win a major.


But yesterday's result, which saw him coming within a point of claiming the World Championships title at London's Wembley Arena before losing 22-20, 14-21, 23-21, has made the shuttler even more determined.

The ranking, though, would stand for nothing if Chong Wei doesn't land a major before retiring and the 29-year-old said this is exactly what he plans to do.


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Perseorangan negara, Datuk Lee Chong Wei gagal buat kali kedua berturut-turut untuk menjinakkan pemain China, Chen Long dalam perlawanan akhir Terbuka Denmark Siri Super Perdana Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF), semalam.


Kali ini pemain Nombor 1 dunia itu menyerah 15-21, 18-21 dalam tempoh 49 minit pada perlawanan di Odense Sport Park seperti mana dia dikecewakan lawan yang sama dalam perebutan kejuaraan Terbuka Jepun, bulan lalu. – Utusan

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YEAR 2012

Aug 5 — In the end it was just too much for Lee Chong Wei as he lost again to China's Lin Dan in the final of the Olympics gold medal badminton match today at the Wembley arena in London, coming to just within two points of winning Malaysia's first ever gold medal before succumbing to probably the best ever player in the sport's history.
PUTRAJAYA 12 Ogos - Jaguh badminton negara Datuk Lee Chong Wei hari ini menerima ganjaran RM500,000 di atas kejayaannya meraih pingat perak dalam acara perseorangan badminton sukan Olimpik London 2012.

Ganjaran itu disampaikan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak dalam majlis di Seri Perdana di sini yang turut dihadiri isteri Perdana Menteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Ganjaran meliputi RM300,000 sumbangan Skim Hadiah Kemenangan Sukan, Majlis Sukan Negara dan RM200,000 sumbangan kerajaan Malaysia dalam bentuk Amanah Saham Wawasan.

Selain itu, Chong Wei turut menerima hadiah seutas jam tangan yang disampaikan Rosmah, selaku penaung Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM).