Lee Ying Shi
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Brunei
 Lee holding her 27th SEA Games gold medal in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Lee Yingshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 June 1994 Brunei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Universiti Brunei Darussalam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Martial Artist, Athlete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 155[1] cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 43[1] kg (95 lb; 6 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Duilian, Changquan and Daoshu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Brunei Wushu Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Li Hui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Simplified Chinese | 李莹诗 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李瑩詩 | ||||||
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Lee Yingshi[2] (Chinese: 李莹诗; pinyin: Lǐ Yíngshī;[3] born 23 June 1994),[1] commonly spelled Lee Ying Shi,[4] is a retired Bruneian Wushu athlete of Chinese descent specialising in Duilian event.
Lee started practicing Wushu as a co-curricular activity at Chung Hwa Middle School, Bandar Seri Begawan, together with her sister and brother.[5] She completed her sixth form at Meragang Sixth Form Centre from 2013 to 2014.[4]
Career
Lee and Faustina Woo Wai Sii won the bronze medal in Daoshu and Nandao respectively in the 5th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in Macau, China, in June 2009, marking the first time the sultanate has won a medal in an international Wushu competition.[6][7]
Lee and Woo won bronze medal in Duilian event in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam.[7] At the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium on 7 November 2009, Lee and Woo shared for the bronze medal with Indonesia team in the women's single weapon vs. weapon competition with a score of 9.40.[8]
Brunei's sole silver medal came from Lee and Woo in the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane.[7][9] The two took home Brunei's first-ever silver medal at the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre on 13 December 2009. They shared the silver medal in the women's duilian event with Vietnam, who also achieved a score of 9.45 from the judges.[10]
Brunei competed in the four-day 4th World Traditional Wushu Championships (WTWC) for the second time, starting on 16 October 2010, in Shiyan, China. Lee and Woo, two of the six medallists, led the country's effort.[11] At the event, the duo took home the gold medal.[7]
She was a part of the Bruneian delegation at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. She participated in the Changquan event, but she came up in 11th [12] received 7.72 points for her performance in her category. Lee believed she might have improved on her degree of difficulty (C) score of 1.05, her overall performance (B) score of 2.47, and her quality of movement (A) score of 4.2 out of a possible five points were given by the judges.[13] Lee also has been selected to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Games.[14]
After participating in the 3rd World Junior Wushu Championships held in Singapore, Lee and Woo proved Brunei's ability to compete internationally. On 8 December 2010, the pair placed second in the women's Group A (16–18 years old) duilian competition at the Jurong East Sports & Cultural Centre. With 9.45 points, the Bruneian duo almost missed out on gold, while Vietnam's 9.51 points secured them a silver medal.[7][15][16]
In 2011, the 17-year-old Lee and Ho Chia Yin won the nation's lone gold medal in the Duilian event at the 6th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, on 19–21 August 2011.[17]
In the women's duilian event, Lee and Woo took home silver at the 26th SEA Games on 18 November 2011, at the Tennis Indoor Senayan. Their score of 9.70 points was just 0.01 points less than Singapore's 9.71 points for gold. The two placed last among the 11 nations in the 12-day regional sports tournament, lacking a gold medal.[18]
Lee and Woo's gold medal in women's duilian at the 8th Asian Wushu Championships in Vietnam on 25 August 2012, was the Brunei delegation's biggest achievement to date. The two tied for first place in the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City with 9.59 points, just ahead of Hong Kong, who scored 9.58 points.[19]
Lee, who represented Brunei in wushu at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia, finished at the bottom in the women's changquan event with a score of 9.47 on 29 September 2013.[20]
Four years of hardship came to an end on 10 December 2013, as Brunei finally won gold medal in the women's duilian event at the 27th SEA Games. They lost against Singapore by a point in both the 2009 SEA Games in Laos and the 2011 SEA Games in Indonesia. Intriguingly, though, the roles are reversed at the 2013 tournament in Myanmar, when Lee and Woo score 9.67 to overcome Singapore by the identical 0.01 point margin.[21] Both medalists received praise from Prince Sufri Bolkiah during his visit to Team Brunei at the Athletes Village.[22]
During the 28th SEA Games held at the Singapore Expo Hall 2 in Tampines from 6 to 8 June 2015, Lee and Woo competed at the women's duilian event. The Bruneian duo scored 9.64 points, winning the bronze.[23]
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