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Sunisa Lee

Sunisa Lee (born Sunisa Phabsomphou) is an American artistic gymnast. She 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. She also competed to help the national team win gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Sunisa is the first Hmong-American Olympian. She is also reported to be the first woman of Asian descent and first Asian American woman to win the Olympic all-around title. 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. Sunisa 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. She also received an Asia Game Changer Award.


Aliases
  • Suni Lee
English
  • Born In Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
  • Born March 9, 2003
  • Gender Female
  • Race East Asian or Pacific Islander
  • Created April 20, 2021 by
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  • Modified July 31, 2024 by
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