Lee Yang | |
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| 李洋 | |
 Lee in 2025 | |
| 1stMinister of Sports | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai |
| Preceded by | James Cheng [zh] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (age 30) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Country | Taiwan (ROC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Jinning, Kinmen, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015–2024[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 9 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 7 (MD withLee Jhe-huei, 6 July 2017) 2 (MD withWang Chi-lin, 27 September 2022) 27 (XD withHsu Ya-ching, 2 November 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Yang (Chinese:李洋;pinyin:Lǐ Yáng; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese politician and former professionalbadminton player.[2][3] He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in2020 and2024, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals.[4] Lee also won the bronze medals at the2018 and2022 Asian Games, as well at the2023 Asian Championships. With his former partnerWang Chi-lin, they reached a career high as World number 2 in September 2022.[5]
Lee was born inTaipei in 1995, his paternal line was originated fromKinmen and has hishousehold registration located inJinning, Kinmen. He was educated and raised in Taipei and has started his career in badminton infifth grade.Lee played in the men's doubles withLee Jhe-huei. They were champions in 2016 at theVietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix,2015 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, and2015 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold. In 2016 they entered the2016 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold,2016 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold and2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix. He won the men's doubles title at the2017 French Open.[6] In 2018, he competed at theAsian Games and won bronze medals in the men's doubles and team events.[7]
Lee made a new partnership withWang Chi-lin in the end of 2018.[8] Wang and Lee are class mates from junior high school. The duo reached six finals in the2019 BWF World Tour, managed to win theSpain Masters,Orléans Masters,India Open, andKorea Masters.[9][10][11]
In 2021, at the2020 Tokyo Olympics, he partnered withWang Chi-lin to defeat the 2018 World Champion pairing ofLi Junhui andLiu 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.[12]
In 2024, at the2024 Paris Olympics, he and his partnerWang 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.[13][14]Lai Ching-te, the currentPresident of Taiwan, congratulated Lee and Wang on their victory by referring to the pair as "the country's glory".[15]
After appearing in the2024 Taipei Open, Lee retired from professional badminton to become a lecturer at theNational Taiwan Sport University.[16][17] A farewell ceremony for Lee was held after the Taipei Open tournament on 9 September 2024, with his last professional tournament being the2024 BWF World Tour Finals in December.[18]
TheMinistry of Sports was established as a cabinet-level ministry of thegovernment of the Republic of China on 9 September 2025, with Lee as its inaugural minister and the youngest government minister in Taiwanese history.[19][20]
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza,Tokyo, Japan |  Wang Chi-lin |  Li JunhuiLiu Yuchen | 21–18, 21–12 |  Gold |
| 2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena,Paris, France | Wang Chi-lin | Liang WeikengWang Chang | 21–17, 18–21, 21–19 | Gold |
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia | Lee Jhe-huei |  Marcus Fernaldi GideonKevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | 15–21, 22–20, 12–21 |  Bronze |
| 2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China | Wang Chi-lin |  Choi Sol-gyuKim Won-ho | 12–21, 10–21 | Bronze |
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2023 | Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Wang Chi-lin |  Satwiksairaj RankireddyChirag Shetty | 18–21, 14–13 retired | Bronze |
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan |  Lee Jhe-huei |  Kenya MitsuhashiKatsuki Tamate | 21–13, 14–21, 18–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan | Hsu Ya-ching |  Nur Mohd Azriyn AyubGoh Yea Ching | 14–21, 16–21 | Bronze |
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy", Ramenskoe, Russia | Lee Jhe-huei | Choi Sol-gyuKim Jae-hwan | 21–19, 14–21, 17–21 |  Silver |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy", Ramenskoe, Russia | Hsu Ya-ching | Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul KhalidShevon Jamie Lai | 21–13, 21–19 |  Gold |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton 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.[22]
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Kim Won-hoSeo Seung-jae | 21–8, 23–21 |  Winner |
| 2019 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Fajar AlfianMuhammad Rian Ardianto | 19–21, 16–21 |  Runner-up |
| 2019 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Wang Chi-lin | Akira KogaTaichi Saito | 16–21, 22–20, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2019 | India Open | Super 500 | Wang Chi-lin | Angga PratamaRicky Karanda Suwardi | 21–14, 21–14 | Winner |
| 2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Ko Sung-hyunShin Baek-cheol | 13–21, 21–17, 3–6 retired | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Goh V ShemTan Wee Kiong | 21–19, 20–22, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2020 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin |  Kim AstrupAnders Skaarup Rasmussen | 17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2020 (I) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | Wang Chi-lin | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong | 21–16, 21–23, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2020 (II) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | Wang Chi-lin | Aaron ChiaSoh Wooi Yik | 21–13, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2020 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Wang Chi-lin | Mohammad AhsanHendra Setiawan | 21–17, 23–21 | Winner |
| 2022 | Taipei Open | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Man Wei ChongTee Kai Wun | 18–21, 21–10, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Wang Chi-lin | Takuro HokiYugo Kobayashi | 21–19, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2023 | Hylo Open | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Liu YuchenOu Xuanyi | 22–24, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Wang Chi-lin | Lee Jhe-hueiYang Po-hsuan | 17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[23] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels wereSuperseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[24] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | French Open | Lee Jhe-huei | Mathias BoeCarsten Mogensen | 21–19, 23–21 | Winner |
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Vietnam Open | Lee Jhe-huei | Koo Kien KeatTan Boon Heong | 18–21, 21–14, 21–7 | Winner |
| 2016 | Dutch Open | Lee Jhe-huei | Mathias ChristiansenDavid Daugaard | 21–17, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2016 | Macau Open | Lee Jhe-huei | Lu KaiZhang Nan | 17–21, 21–18, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2016 | Korea Masters | Lee Jhe-huei | Kim Jae-hwanKo Sung-hyun | 19–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2017 | Chinese Taipei Open | Lee Jhe-huei | Chen Hung-lingWang Chi-lin | 16–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Malaysia International | Lee Jhe-huei | Lin Chia-yuWu Hsiao-lin | 21–17, 16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
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