Sunisa Lee

Sunisa Lee is the kind of athlete who reorders how you think about pressure. Standing 152 cm, she took the all-around Olympic gold in Tokyo and then fought through illness to claim more bronze in Paris, all while carrying the pride of her Hmong-American community. What moves me most is that she stayed grounded enough to compete for Auburn as an actual college student. That refusal to let the spotlight swallow her humanity is rarer than any medal. Her Time 100 honor feels less like a peak and more like an early checkpoint. I am rooting for whatever she does next.

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Name (English)

Sunisa Lee

Name (Japanese)

スニーサ・リー

Reading

すにーさ・りー

Born

March 9, 2003 (age 23)

Origin

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Height

152 cm

Occupation

gymnast

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

High school

South Saint Paul High School

University

Auburn University

Awards & achievements

• 2021 Time 100

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sunisalee_/
• Xhttps://x.com/sunisalee_
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunisa%20Lee
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59484397

Tags

• Minnesota
• gymnast

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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