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Lee Yong-dae

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Lee Yong-dae (Korean: 이용대; Hanja: 李龍大; Korean pronunciation: [i.joŋ.dɛ̝]; born 11 September 1988) is a South Korean professional badminton player who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in men's doubles, and Lee Hyo-jung in mixed doubles. He won a total of 43 Superseries titles, 37 in the men's doubles, the most of any doubles player in one discipline, and 6 in mixed doubles. He was ranked world number 1 in men's doubles for 117 consecutive weeks with his last partner, Yoo Yeon-seong. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Yong-dae is the 19th most popular badminton player (up from 27th in 2019), the 829th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 821st in 2019) and the 4th most popular South Korean Badminton Player.

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Lee Yong-dae ranks 19 out of 117. Before him are Prakash Padukone, Rexy Mainaky, Zhang Ning, Chen Long, Rashid Sidek, and Bang Soo-hyun. After him are Hendra Setiawan, Hwang Hye-young, Camilla Martin, Kim Dong-moon, Gao Ling, and Mia Audina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Lee Yong-dae ranks 464. Before him are Evgeny Korolev, Mikako Komatsu, Shamsia Hassani, Toni Šunjić, Matías Suárez, and Yohann Thuram-Ulien. After him are Hikari Nakade, Coco Rocha, Ayumu Murase, Kevin Borlée, Célia Šašić, and Tahereh Mafi.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Yong-dae ranks 829 out of 1,128. Before him are Jeonghan (1995), Jang Dong-yoon (1992), Ryu Hwa-young (1993), Park Cho-a (1990), Cho Jae-jin (1981), and Jung Gil-ok (1980). After him are Kim Seung-gyu (1990), Hwang Hye-young (1966), Bang Yong-guk (1990), An Yu-jin (2003), Lee Soo-young (1979), and Lee Sang-yeob (1983).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In South Korea

Among badminton players born in South Korea, Lee Yong-dae ranks 4. Before him are Park Joo-bong (1964), Kim Moon-soo (1963), and Bang Soo-hyun (1972). After him are Hwang Hye-young (1966), Kim Dong-moon (1975), Ha Tae-kwon (1975), Jung Jae-sung (1982), Chung So-young (1967), Lee Hyo-jung (1981), An Se-young (2002), and Lee Kyung-won (1980).

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