Sunisa Lee
Hmong-American artistic gymnast (born 2003) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sunisa "Suni" Lee[1] (born Sunisa Phabsomphou; March 9, 2003)[2] is an American artistic gymnast. Lee is the 2020 Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist, the 2019 world championship silver medalist on the floor and bronze medalist on uneven bars. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Full name | Sunisa Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Suni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2003-03-09) March 9, 2003 (age 21) Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Auburn, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training location | Little Canada, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2017–2022 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lee is the first Hmong-American Olympian. She is also reported to be the first woman of Asian descent[3] and first Asian American woman to win the Olympic all-around title.[4] She is a six-time member of the U.S. women's national gymnastics team, and with six world championship and Olympic medals, she is tied with Gabby Douglas, Kim Zmeskal, Kyla Ross, and Rebecca Bross as the tenth-most-decorated American female gymnast.[5]
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.[6] She also received an Asia Game Changer Award.