Lee is the first Hmong-American Olympian. She is also reported to be the first woman of Hmong descent [4] and first Asian American woman to win the Olympic all-around title. [5]

Jul 29, 2021 · As the first Hmong American to make a U.S. Olympic team and also win a gold, Suni is an ambassador and role model for a group that settled in the U.S. in the 1970s. The Hmong are an ethnic group from Laos, Vietnam, and parts of China, who were recruited by the U.S. during the Vietnam war to help keep communists from North Vietnam out of Laos.

Jul 28, 2021 · Lee is the youngest of six gymnasts representing the U.S. in Tokyo and the first Hmong-American to compete for Team USA. She has advanced to the finals in the all-around, beam and uneven bars...

Jul 29, 2021 · Suni Lee is the first Hmong American gymnast to compete in the Olympics. Lee’s parents, John and Yeev, both hail from Laos but are also Hmong, an ethnic group largely found in the...

Jul 31, 2021 · When gymnast Sunisa "Suni" Lee stepped out on the global stage at the Tokyo Olympics, she wasn’t just representing Team USA. She was also representing the Hmong community around the world....

Jul 31, 2024 · Sunisa “Suni” Lee was born Sunisa Phabsomphou on March 9, 2003, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is named after her mother’s favorite Thai soap opera actor. Lee is Asian American of Hmong...

Aug 2, 2021 · Sunisa Lee is a member of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities, where she is seen as an ambassador of the community as the first Hmong-American to represent the United States at the Olympics....

Jul 30, 2021 · The family of Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee, who’s Hmong American, erupted in hugs and cheers Thursday the moment she won gold in the women’s individual all-around gymnastics final, a...

Feb 7, 2025 · Suni Lee is American gymnast who won three medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo: a gold in the all-around event, a silver in the team competition, and a bronze in the uneven bars. Lee is the first Hmong American to compete and medal at the Olympics.

Jul 29, 2021 · The story of Suni Lee’s rise as Olympic gold medalist in many ways reflects the larger struggles of the Hmong people as one of the country’s most marginalized Asian American groups. Lee, 18,...