Lee Hup Wei
Lee Hup Wei is a Malaysian high jumper and Royal Malaysia Navy officer. At the 2019 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, Lee became the first ever Malaysian track and field athlete to reach the final, where he classified 8th.
Background
He was born in Kajang, in a family of one boy and three girls. He attended secondary education in SMK Dengkil, later he was admitted to Bukit Jalil Sports School to complete his Form 4 and Form 5 studies. Hup Wei also personnel in the Royal Malaysian Navy.Career
He finished eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships, seventh at the 2006 Asian Games and won the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Championships.He scored numerous successes in 2007 including emerging the winner at the Asia Track and Field championship in Jordan, winning the gold medal at the SEA Games in Korat as well as in the All Comers championship and the Thailand Open. He has also won gold in the Good Luck Beijing Games.
Personal best heights
During the Group B qualifying round at the World Championships in Doha, he improved upon his personal best with a jump of 2.29 meters. His previous personal best was 2.27 meters, achieved at the China Open in May 2008 at Beijing's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, to break the 13-year-old Malaysian record of 2.24m set by Loo Kum Zee in the 1995 Chiang Mai SEA Games. His best olympic high jump was 2.27 meters in the 2008 Beijing olympics.Due to his feats including breaking the Malaysian high jump record, he qualified for the Beijing Olympics.