Spencer Lee

What grabs me about Spencer Lee is that he wins on willpower, not size. At 160 cm and competing at 57 kg, he turned the University of Iowa into his stage, claimed an Olympic silver in 2024, and took the James E. Sullivan Award, one of the highest honors in American amateur sport. I find his story compelling precisely because wrestling at his weight rewards technique, grit, and relentless conditioning over raw power. He strikes me as the kind of athlete whose every victory is earned the hard way, and that is exactly why I keep rooting for him.

Name (English)

Spencer Lee

Name (Japanese)

スペンサー・リー

Reading

すぺんさー・りー

Born

October 14, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

Origin

Denver, Colorado, United States

Height

160 cm

Occupation

wrestler

High school

Franklin Regional High School

University

University of Iowa

Awards & achievements

• 2019 James E. Sullivan Award

• Official sitehttps://hoo.be/spencerlee365
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/spencerlee365/
• Xhttps://x.com/leespencerlee36
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer%20Lee
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50809067

Tags

• Colorado
• wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.