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American artistic gymnast

Emily Lee (born October 4, 2002 in San Jose) is an American artistic gymnast. She is currently a member of the United States national team, and she is the 2021 Winter Cup all-around bronze medalist and floor exercise silver medalist. She is also the 2020 L’International Gymnix all-around champion.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Emily Lee was born on October 4, 2002, in San Jose, California to Tina and Calvin Lee. She is the middle of five children; her younger sister Taylor died of Leukemia in 2015.[2] She began gymnastics when she was eight years old.[1] She signed her National Letter of Intent for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team, and she will join in the 2022 season.[3] Lee works for Instacart and giving private gymnastics lessons in order to fund her gymnastics training expenses.[4]

Junior[edit]

Lee competed at the 2016 U.S. Classic where she finished twenty-second in the all-around with a total score of 53.200, and she placed ninth on the balance beam.[5] She qualified for the 2016 U.S. Championships where she finished twentieth in the all-around.[6] Lee missed the 2017 season due to an injury.[7]

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Senior[edit]

2018–19[edit]

At the 2018 Desert Lights National Qualifier, she won the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise and re-qualified for elite level gymnastics.[8] She competed at the 2018 American Classic, but she suffered an injury during her uneven bars routine and withdrew from the rest of the meet.[9]

At the 2019 Gliders National Qualifier, Lee once again qualified for senior elite gymnastics and for the U.S. Classic.[10] She then competed at the American Classic where she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Faith Torrez and the gold medal on the floor exercise.[11] At the 2019 U.S. Classic, she placed twelfth in the all-around.[12] She qualified for the 2019 U.S. Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around.[13] She was selected to compete at the U.S. Worlds Trials where she placed tenth in the all-around, but she was not selected for the World Championships team.[14]

2020–21[edit]

On March 3, 2020, Lee was added to the U.S. National Team when she was selected for her first international assignment- the L’International Gymnix in Montreal.[15][16] The American team of Lee, Lilly Lippeatt, MyKayla Skinner, and Faith Torrez won the gold medal. Individually, Lee won the gold medal in the all-around and the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Skinner.[17]

At the 2021 Winter Cup, Lee won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Jordan Chiles and Shilese Jones with a total score of 53.400.[18] Then at the national team camp in March, she had the highest score on the balance beam with a 15.100.[19] At the National Championships Lee competed the all-around both days and finished in 13th place. As a result she was added to the national team and qualified to compete at the Olympic Trials.[20] At the Olympic Trials Lee suffered an Achilles tendon rupture while competing on floor exercise.[21]

Competitive History[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b “Emily Lee”. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ “Who is Emily Lee?”. Gymcastic. June 24, 2021.
  3. ^ “UCLA Signs Pair of Elite Gymnasts for 2022 Season”. UCLA Athletics. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ “UCLA gymnastics’ top-ranked recruits shine ahead of arrival in Westwood”. Daily Bruin. May 25, 2021.
  5. ^ “2016 Secret U.S. Classic Meet Results – Juniors” (PDF). Gymnastics Results. USA Gymnastics. 4 June 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ “2016 P&G Championships – Women Day 2 Meet Results – Multi” (PDF). Gymnastics Results. USA Gymnastics. 26 June 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (31 January 2018). “Eight Earn Elite Status at Qualifier”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (30 January 2018). “2018 Desert Lights National Qualifier Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (7 July 2018). “American Classic Live Blog – The Seniors”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (28 February 2018). “Seven Elites Crowned at February Qualifiers”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ “2019 Hopes & American Classic Meet Results” (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ “2019 GK U.S. Classic Meet Results” (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  13. ^ “2019 U.S. Championships – Women Day 2” (PDF). Gymnastics Results. USA Gymnastics. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  14. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (26 September 2019). “2019 U.S. Worlds Trials Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  15. ^ “Women’s Past Senior National Teams”. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  16. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (3 March 2020). “Skinner to Lead Young U.S. Team at Gymnix”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  17. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (9 March 2020). “2020 International Gymnix Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  18. ^ Bregman, Scott (27 February 2021). “Jordan Chiles takes Winter Cup title as Laurie Hernandez returns and newcomers make 2021 debuts”. Olympic Channel. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  19. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (14 March 2021). “2021 March U.S. National Team Camp Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  20. ^ “Biles wins seventh national all-around championship, most in U.S. women’s gymnastics history”. USA Gymnastics. June 7, 2021.
  21. ^ “Heartbroken and devastated only begin to describe what I’m feeling”. Instagram. June 29, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.

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