Sunisa Lee, the new Olympic gold medalist in women's all-round

 

Sunisa Lee of St. Paul received the ladies's all-round gymnastics gold medal on Thursday, July 29, during the Tokyo Olympics.

Who is Sunisa Lee, the new Olympic gold medalist in ladies's all-round?
Sunisa Lee of St. Paul won the girls's all-round gymnastics gold medal on Thursday, July 29, at some point of 10:15 am, Jul. 29, 2021

Gold medalist Sunisa Lee of the United States kisses her medal Thursday, July 29, in the front of the Olympic jewelry in Tokyo, Japan. Lindsey Wasson / Reuters
Gold medalist Sunisa Lee of the United States kisses her medal Thursday, July 29, in front of the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan. Lindsey Wasson / Reuters

St. Paul native Sunisa Lee has spent her whole existence running for this moment. She began in gymnastics as quite active 6-yr-vintage, and as she rapidly improved thru the sport, she subsequently commenced to set her sights on the Olympics.

And on Thursday, she became an Olympic gold medalist — and in the largest occasion of all, the all-round competition.

On Tuesday, the 18-year-vintage Lee led the U.S. To a silver medal in the team opposition after the American star Simone Biles withdrew from the meet.

Here are some matters to recognize about Lee, our latest Olympic gold medalist:

    She is the primary Hmong American to represent Team USA inside the Olympics.
    She hails from St. Paul, the metropolis with the biggest concentration of Hmong in a metro area outdoor of Southeast Asia.
    Her parents, John Lee and Yeev Thoj, are both immigrants from Laos. While John isn't her biological father, Sunisa decided to take his final name.
    She has 5 siblings — sisters Shyenne and Evionn, and brothers Jonah, Lucky and Noah.
    Her father is paralyzed from the waist down. He fell out of a tree within the days leading up to 2019 U.S. Championships, the meet wherein Sunisa first surely received country wide interest together with her performance.
    She graduated from South St. Paul High School this yr.
    Her routine at the uneven bars is widely regarded to be the most hard within the international. That said, Lee lists beam as her preferred event on the united states Gymnastics internet site.
    She will attend Auburn University within the fall and compete at the gymnastics crew.
    She could be very energetic on social media with more than 400,000 fans on Instagram and nearly one hundred fifty,000 followers on TikTok.