Sunisa Lee

thumb|Sunisa Lee Sunisa Lee (born Sunisa Phabsomphou; March 9, 2003), also known as Suni Lee, is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2020 Olympic Games. Lee is a six-time member of the U.S. women's national gymnastics team and is the first Hmong-American Olympian. Quotes I just didn’t want to see myself fall back. I don’t want to disappoint my coaches or my parents. "You Can’t Stop Suni Lee" in Elle (29 July 2021) I grew up going on that beam. If I wasn't in the gym I was always outside on the beam doing extra things because I didn't want to get behind or I always wanted to get better. It was something we kind of cherished because whenever I was bored, I would just go outside and he [father] would watch me and try and coach me even though he didn't know what he was talking about. "Suni Lee talks gold medal win, 'cherished' backyard balance beam she trained on as a kid" in Today (30 July 2021) I was just telling myself to do nothing more and nothing less, and just telling myself to breathe because in that moment I literally felt like I was going to puke, I was so nervous. My normal is good enough, so I don't do anything more or anything less, I just have to do what I normally do. "Suni Lee talks gold medal win, 'cherished' backyard balance beam she trained on as a kid" in Today (30 July 2021) I focus more on bars and beam just because those are my strongest events, and I just try and maintain whatever I can do on floor and vault. I'm consistently training on all events. It's just I spend more time on bars and beam. I obviously want to perfect those and get those to be the best that I can be because those are going to be my strongest events and the two events that I could contribute to the team. "Sunisa Lee, First Hmong American Olympic Gymnast, Talks Achieving Her Dream and Being an Inspiration" in People (29 July 2021) "I want to do it for my family and coaches obviously, but I also want to do it for myself. I've just been through so much. "Sunisa Lee, First Hmong American Olympic Gymnast, Talks Achieving Her Dream and Being an Inspiration" in People (29 July 2021) I'll probably cool down a little bit and just focus on what I need to do especially because we're coming to the end. I want to just do the best I can and end it off good. "Sunisa Lee Says She's 'Going to Delete Twitter' So She Can Focus on Preparing for Beam Final" in People (1 August 2021) I'm probably going to delete Twitter. Instagram is not as bad because I can't really see what people say, but [on] Twitter it's just so easy to see everything. So I'm probably going to have to end up deleting that. "Sunisa Lee Says She's 'Going to Delete Twitter' So She Can Focus on Preparing for Beam Final" in People (1 August 2021) There were so many times in my bar routine where I could have just gave up and jumped off but I didn't and now I have a bronze medal. This medal probably means more to be than the all-around gold medal did, just because bars is my thing. To mess it up like this, I was just kind of sad about it. "Sunisa Lee Says She's 'Going to Delete Twitter' So She Can Focus on Preparing for Beam Final" in People (1 August 2021) I felt like I wanted to make everybody else happy because bars is my thing and a lot of people were rooting for me. "Sunisa Lee Says She's 'Going to Delete Twitter' So She Can Focus on Preparing for Beam Final" in People (1 August 2021) My community supports me a lot. I don’t want to let them down so I go out and compete for them. "Sunisa Lee reflects on recent success, while looking ahead to possible Olympic run" in MPR News (14 August 2021) You just can't get distracted easily. If you're having a bad day you just gotta keep going and you just can't be too hard on yourself. "Sunisa Lee reflects on recent success, while looking ahead to possible Olympic run" in MPR News (14 August 2021) External links Picture of Sunisa Lee Category:Gymnasts Category:Sportspeople from Minnesota Category:Asian Americans Category:Women from the United States Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:People from Saint Paul Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:Women born in the 2000s