Datuk Lee Chong Wei ( 李宗伟); born October 21, 1982 in Georgetown, Penang is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. 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 a national hero.