Sammy Lee (diver)
American diver and physician (1920–2016)
Dr. Samuel "Sammy" Lee (August 1, 1920 – December 2, 2016) was an Korean-American diver. He was the first Asian-American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States in 1948.[1]
Lee was born in Fresno, California. He was raised in San Francisco, California. Lee studied at the Occidental College in Los Angeles and studied briefly at the University of Southern California.
He was also the first man to win gold medals "back-to-back" in Olympic platform diving. This means he won a second gold medal for the same event in the next Olympics, in 1952.
Lee, who suffered from dementia and heart disease, died of complications from pneumonia on December 2, 2016 at his home in Newport Beach, California, aged 96.[2]
References
change- ↑ Steve Almasy: After 60 years, Olympians are fast friends again, CNN.com, 22 Aug 2008
- ↑ "Diving Legend Sammy Lee Passes Away At Age 96", Swimming World, December 3, 2016
Other websites
change- Sammy Lee on hickoksports.com Archived 2013-01-25 at Archive.today
- Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine written by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Dom Lee, (LEE & LOW BOOKS, 2005), ISBN 978-1-58430-247-6. The inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father’s desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.
- Sammy Lee's profile at Sports Reference.com Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
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