Lee Meng-yuan
{{Short description|Taiwanese sports shooter (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Lee Meng-yuan
| image = Lee Meng-yuan 2024.jpg
| caption = Lee Meng-yuan in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|08|25}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/meng-yuan-lee_1569852 |title=Lee Meng-yuan |website=Olympics.com |access-date=3 August 2024}}
| birth_place = Taoyuan, Taiwan
| sport = Sports shooting
| country = Taiwan
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}
{{MedalCountry| {{TPE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Skeet}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Changwon|Skeet}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Shotgun Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Kuwait City|Skeet}}
}}
Lee Meng-yuan ({{zh|c=李孟遠|p=Lǐ Mèngyuǎn}}; born 25 August 1994 in Taoyuan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese sports shooter and Olympian who won the bronze medal in men's skeet at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He is the first Taiwanese athlete to win an Olympic medal in shooting.{{cite web |url=https://udn.com/paris2024/story/124095/8138376|author=蘇志畬 |title=奧運射擊／隊史首牌！李孟遠射銅寫紀錄 我首面獎牌出爐 |website=United Daily News |language=zh|date=2024-08-03|access-date=3 August 2024}}
Early life and education
Lee's father, Hsieh Chih-pei, was a sports shooter and took him to the shooting range when he was a kindergarten student. Lee studied at National Taiwan Sport University.
Skeet shooting career
Lee made his debut in 2010 Asian Games. He was trained by coach Tsai Pai-sheng (Choi Pak Sang). After Tsai's death in 2011, Lee paused skeet competition for 2 years until his father became his coach and pushed him back into competition.
He placed 5th in 2022 Asian Games. He won the bronze medal at Asian Shooting Championships in 2023. In 2024, He won the gold medal at the Asian Shotgun Championships.
Personal life
Lee takes his mother's surname.{{cite web |url=https://tw.sports.yahoo.com/news/%E5%A5%A7%E9%81%8B-%E6%9D%8E%E5%AD%9F%E9%81%A0%E6%9B%BE%E7%95%B6%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E8%B3%BD%E9%80%83%E5%85%B5-%E5%89%8D%E5%9C%8B%E6%89%8B%E7%88%B6%E8%A6%AA%E5%8B%B8%E5%9B%9E%E6%89%8D%E7%B7%A0%E9%80%A0%E6%AD%B7%E5%8F%B2-150553776.html|author=王毓健 |title=奧運》李孟遠曾當國際賽逃兵 前國手父親勸回才重拾槍枝|website=TSNA |language=zh|date=2024-08-03|access-date=3 August 2024}} He is a Taoist. After failing to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships by one point, he adopted a Rottweiler and named it "Quota" to encourage himself.{{cite news |title=巴黎奧運／射擊好手李孟遠奪銅！愛犬「扣打」帶好運 登台灣第1人|url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/sports/2536633|author=陳希潔|accessdate=2024-08-03 |agency=TVBS新聞網|language=zh}}
Lee has stated that Vincent Hancock is his personal hero.
References
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External links
- {{ISSF}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|meng-yuan-lee}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/meng-yuan-lee_1569852 Lee Meng-yuan] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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Category:Taiwanese male sport shooters
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Taiwan
Category:Olympic medalists in shooting
Category:Sportspeople from Taoyuan City
Category:Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games