Lee Yang

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Lee Yang (Chinese: 李洋; pinyin: Lǐ Yáng; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese politician and former professional badminton player. He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in 2020 and 2024, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals. Lee also won the bronze medals at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games, as well at the 2023 Asian Championships. With his former partner Wang Chi-lin, they reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022.

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Lee (left) pictured with Wang Chi-lin during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Lee Yang (Chinese: 李洋; pinyin: Lǐ Yáng; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese politician and former professional badminton player. He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in 2020 and 2024, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals. Lee also won the bronze medals at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games, as well at the 2023 Asian Championships. With his former partner Wang Chi-lin, they reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022.

Lee was born in Taipei in 1995, his paternal line was originated from Kinmen and has his household registration located in Jinning, Kinmen. He was educated and raised in Taipei and has started his career in badminton in fifth grade. Lee played in the men's doubles with Lee Jhe-huei. They were champions in 2016 at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the 2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix, 2015 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, and 2015 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold. In 2016 they entered the 2016 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, 2016 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold and 2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix. He won the men's doubles title at the 2017 French Open. In 2018, he competed at the Asian Games and won bronze medals in the men's doubles and team events.

Lee made a new partnership with Wang Chi-lin in the end of 2018. Wang and Lee are class mates from junior high school. The duo reached six finals in the 2019 BWF World Tour, managed to win the Spain Masters, Orléans Masters, India Open, and Korea Masters.

In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he partnered with Wang Chi-lin to defeat the 2018 World Champion pairing of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final. They became the first unseeded pair to win an Olympic gold in the men's doubles event and the first to win a gold in badminton for Chinese Taipei.

In 2024, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he and his partner Wang Chi-lin repeated the feat to win in the men's doubles finals as an unseeded pair, making history to become the first men's doubles pair in history to defend their Olympic title. Lai Ching-te, the current President of Taiwan, congratulated Lee and Wang on their victory by referring to the pair as "the country's glory".

After appearing in the 2024 Taipei Open, Lee retired from professional badminton to become a lecturer at the National Taiwan Sport University. A farewell ceremony for Lee was held after the Taipei Open tournament on 9 September 2024, with his last professional tournament being the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals in December.

The Ministry of Sports was established as a cabinet-level ministry of the government of the Republic of China on 9 September 2025, with Lee as its inaugural minister and the youngest government minister in Taiwanese history.

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, JapanWang Chi-linLi Junhui Liu Yuchen21–18, 21–12Gold
2024Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, FranceWang Chi-linLiang Weikeng Wang Chang21–17, 18–21, 21–19Gold

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Istora Gelora Bung Karno,Jakarta, IndonesiaLee Jhe-hueiMarcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo15–21, 22–20, 12–21Bronze
2022Binjiang Gymnasium,Hangzhou, ChinaWang Chi-linChoi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho12–21, 10–21Bronze

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWang Chi-linSatwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty18–21, 14–13 retiredBronze

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Taipei Gymnasium,Taipei, TaiwanLee Jhe-hueiKenya Mitsuhashi Katsuki Tamate21–13, 14–21, 18–21Bronze

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Taipei Gymnasium,Taipei, TaiwanHsu Ya-chingNur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Goh Yea Ching14–21, 16–21Bronze

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",Ramenskoe, RussiaLee Jhe-hueiChoi Sol-gyu Kim Jae-hwan21–19, 14–21, 17–21Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",Ramenskoe, RussiaHsu Ya-chingMohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid Shevon Jamie Lai21–13, 21–19Gold

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Spain MastersSuper 300Wang Chi-linKim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae21–8, 23–21Winner
2019Swiss OpenSuper 300Wang Chi-linFajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto19–21, 16–21Runner-up
2019Orléans MastersSuper 100Wang Chi-linAkira Koga Taichi Saito16–21, 22–20, 21–15Winner
2019India OpenSuper 500Wang Chi-linAngga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi21–14, 21–14Winner
2019U.S. OpenSuper 300Wang Chi-linKo Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retiredRunner-up
2019Korea MastersSuper 300Wang Chi-linGoh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong21–19, 20–22, 21–19Winner
2020Spain MastersSuper 300Wang Chi-linKim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen17–21, 19–21Runner-up
2020 (I)Thailand OpenSuper 1000Wang Chi-linGoh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong21–16, 21–23, 21–19Winner
2020 (II)Thailand OpenSuper 1000Wang Chi-linAaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik21–13, 21–18Winner
2020BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour FinalsWang Chi-linMohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan21–17, 23–21Winner
2022Taipei OpenSuper 300Wang Chi-linMan Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun18–21, 21–10, 18–21Runner-up
2023Japan OpenSuper 750Wang Chi-linTakuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi21–19, 21–13Winner
2023Hylo OpenSuper 300Wang Chi-linLiu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi22–24, 13–21Runner-up
2023Korea MastersSuper 300Wang Chi-linLee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan17–21, 19–21Runner-up

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017French OpenLee Jhe-hueiMathias Boe Carsten Mogensen21–19, 23–21Winner

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Vietnam OpenLee Jhe-hueiKoo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong18–21, 21–14, 21–7Winner
2016Dutch OpenLee Jhe-hueiMathias Christiansen David Daugaard21–17, 21–17Winner
2016Macau OpenLee Jhe-hueiLu Kai Zhang Nan17–21, 21–18, 21–19Winner
2016Korea MastersLee Jhe-hueiKim Jae-hwan Ko Sung-hyun19–21, 18–21Runner-up
2017Chinese Taipei OpenLee Jhe-hueiChen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin16–21, 20–22Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament   BWF Grand Prix tournament

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Malaysia InternationalLee Jhe-hueiLin Chia-yu Wu Hsiao-lin21–17, 16–21, 18–21Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament   BWF International Series tournament   BWF Future Series tournament

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  • Lee Yang at BWFBadminton.com
  • Lee Yang at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
  • Lee Yang at Olympedia
  • Lee Yang at Olympics.com
  • Lee Yang at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
  • Lee Yang on Instagram