Lee Yong-dae is a professional badminton player from South Korea 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.
Lee Yong-dae
Lee in 2013
Lee won the mixed doubles title at the 2011 U.S. Open partnered with Ha Jung-eun
Lee Yong-dae (left) at the podium of 2012 London Olympics
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" and "doubles". Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the other team's half of the court.
Two Chinese pairs compete in the mixed doubles gold medal match of the 2012 Olympics
An 1854 depiction of battledore and shuttlecock by John Leech.
Charles Gleyre, Odysseus and Nausicaa (with badminton rackets).
Badminton racquets