Samuel "Sammy" Lee (1 August 1920 to 2 December 2016) was an American physician and diver, born in Fresno, California, to parents of Korean descent. He was the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he won a bronze medal on the 3 metre springboard and a gold medal on the 10 metre platform, and he repeated the platform gold at the 1952 Games in Helsinki while serving as an Army Medical Corps officer. He earned his medical degree at the University of Southern California in 1947, won the James E. Sullivan Award in 1953, practised as an ear, nose and throat doctor for 35 years and coached Bob Webster and Greg Louganis.
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Competed In: 1948 Summer Olympics, Diving career
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, Lee earned a bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard and a gold medal in 10-meter platform diving events.
Competed In: 1952 Summer Olympics, Military and medical careers
He won the gold medal in the 10-meter platform competition at the Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
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