Lauren Lee
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Lauren Anna Lee (born 12 February 2004) is an American-born female taekwondo practitioner who has competed for Haiti.[1]
Career[]
A native of Maple Grove, Minnesota, Lee is the granddaughter of Grandmaster Byung Yul Lee, who helped bring the sport to the United States in 1969.[2] After Florida-born , who had won a spot for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg in the Pan American qualifiers, was blocked from competing by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee,[3] Lee was selected to replace her. In her first match, in the Round of 16, she lost to the eventual champion Matea Jelić. Since Jelić reached the final, Lee entered the repechage, where she was eliminated in the first match by Milena Titoneli.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Lauren Lee at Olympedia
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Haiti
- People from Maple Grove, Minnesota
- Haitian female taekwondo practitioners
- American female taekwondo practitioners
- 21st-century American women
- American martial arts biography stubs
- North American taekwondo biography stubs