American badminton player (born 1965)
Badminton player
Benny Lee Country United States Born (1965-12-05 ) December 5, 1965 (age 59) Rangoon , BurmaHeight 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Handedness Right
Benny Lee (born December 5, 1965) is an American former badminton player and coach. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics .[ 1] national champion in men's doubles. He won the national championships four times with Chris Jogis , four times with Thomas Reidy and won his ninth title with Andy Chong in 1998.
In 2012, Lee founded the Synergy Badminton Academy in California .[ 2] [ 3]
Career
Partnered with Chris Jogis , the two went on to win the men's doubles title at the 1989 Pan Am Badminton Championships in Mexico.[ 4] Thomas Reidy and reached his second men's doubles final at the Pan American championships before losing to Mike Bitten and Bryan Blanshard of Canada.[ 5]
Personal life
Lee is the father of Allison Lee , who is also a badminton player and a runner-up at the 2023 BWF World Junior Championships .[ 6] [ 7]
Achievements
Pan Am Championships
Men's doubles
References
^ "Benny Lee" . Olympedia . Retrieved May 26, 2020 .^ "About" . Synergy Badminton . Retrieved November 9, 2024 .^ Eymer, Rick (April 27, 2021). "Local high schoolers prepare to compete in badminton at the Pan Am Championships" . Palo Alto Online . Retrieved November 9, 2024 . ^ World Badminton No. 1 . Vol. 18. International Badminton Federation. 1990. p. 20.^ "BWF - Pan American Champs 1991 Ind - Winners" . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . Retrieved November 9, 2024 .^ Pacina, Michelle De (October 19, 2023). "California teens win US' first medal at Badminton World Junior Championships" . NextShark . Retrieved November 9, 2024 . ^ Rendon, Cristina (October 11, 2023). "2 Bay Area women nab USA's very first medal at BWF World Junior Championships" . KTVU FOX 2 . Retrieved November 9, 2024 .
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