Suni Lee is one of America’s top female gymnasts. She has had too many accomplishments to mention them all here, but some of her highlights include being the 2020 Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. 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 a six-time member of the U.S. women’s national gymnastics team, and has a total of six world championship and Olympic medals. Suni recently started college as a freshman and will be competing on the Auburn University gymnastics team.
Lee’s mother immigrated from Laos as a child and had Suni while living in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is of Hmong descent and is, in fact, the first Hmong-American Olympian.
Last fall, she was subjected to a racist attack. While out with some of her Asian friends, a car drove by and the occupants shouted anti-Asian slurs and pepper sprayed her. Seemingly, the perpetrators got away, but (Continue reading here.)