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 Lee at the 2024 U.S Gymnastics Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sunisa Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Suni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 9, 2003 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training location | Little Canada, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2016–2021 2024–present (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Midwest Gymnastics Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Auburn Tigers (2022–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Jess Graba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Alison Lim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Awards | See awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunisa "Suni" Lee (/suːˈniːsə ˈsuːni/ soo-NEE-sə SOO-nee; née Phabsomphou; born March 9, 2003)[1][2] is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around gold medalist and uneven bars bronze medalist and the 2024 Olympic all-around and uneven bars bronze medalist. She was the 2019 World Championship silver medalist on the floor and bronze medalist on uneven bars. Lee was a part of the "Golden Girls" that won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3] She was also a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is also a two-time U.S. national champion on the uneven bars. In NCAA Gymnastics, she competed for the Auburn Tigers gymnastics team, winning a SEC title on uneven bars and an NCAA championship on balance beam.
Lee is the first Hmong-American Olympian. She is also reported to be the first woman of Hmong descent[4] and first Asian American woman to win the Olympic all-around title.[5] She is a six-time member of the U.S. women's national gymnastics team, and with nine world championship and Olympic medals, she is the seventh-most-decorated American female gymnast.[6]
Lee has received numerous honors and awards. In 2021, she was named Female Athlete of the Year by Sports Illustrated, named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation, and included in Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[7] She also received an Asia Game Changer Award.
- ^ "LEE Sunisa". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ Zirin, Dave (July 29, 2021). "Suni Lee's gold medal Olympics moment is America at its best (let's not ruin it)". MSNBC. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ Macur, Juliet (July 30, 2024). "Olympics Live Updates: Simone Biles and U.S. Gymnastics Team Reclaim Throne With Gold". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
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:8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Rathore, Abhishek (August 1, 2023). "From Simone Biles to Suni Lee: American Gymnasts to Watch Out for at US Classic 2023". EssentiallySports. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ "St. Paul Olympian Sunisa Lee one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2021". St. Paul Pioneer Press. St. Paul Pioneer Press. September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.