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Sunisa Lee

スニーサ・リー　/　すにーさ・りー

American gymnast

March 9, 2003 (age 23)　・　Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Minnesota
gymnast

My Take

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.

Overview

Sunisa Phabsomphou Lee ( soo-NEE-sə SOO-nee; née Phabsomphou; born March 9, 2003) 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Goat
Origin: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 152 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: gymnast

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: South Saint Paul High School
University: Auburn University

Awards & achievements

2021 Time 100

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sunisalee_/
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Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunisa%20Lee

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