Sunisa Lee
Sunisa "
Suni"
Phabsomphou Lee ( ; ; 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. Lee was a part of the "
Golden Girls" that won gold at the
2024 Summer Olympics. She was also a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Championships and silver at the
2020 Summer Olympics. She is also a two-time
U.S. national champion on the uneven bars. In
NCAA Gymnastics, she competed for the
Auburn Tigers gymnastics team, winning a
SEC title on uneven bars and an
NCAA championship on balance beam. She is the third female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles, following
Kyla Ross and
Madison Kocian.
Lee is the first
Hmong-American Olympian. She is also reported to be the first woman of Hmong 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 nine world championship and
Olympic medals, she is the
seventh-most-decorated American female gymnast.
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. She also received an
Asia Game Changer Award. She has won the
Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award at the
2025 ESPY Awards.
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