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Samuel Lee (August 1, 1920 – December 2, 2016) was an American physician and diver. He was the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States (the second Asian American to win a gold medal overall) [2] and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving .
May 3, 1999 · Sammy Lee (born August 1, 1920, Fresno, California, U.S.—died December 2, 2016, Newport Beach, California) was an American diver, the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal and the first diver to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the platform event.
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Samuel Lee (born 7 February 1959) is an English professional football coach and former player. Lee played most of his career for hometown club Liverpool during the 1970s and 1980s as a midfielder, and also represented England fourteen times. He also had playing spells at Queens Park Rangers, Osasuna, Southampton, and Bolton Wanderers.
Dec 6, 2016 · Sammy Lee, a Korean War veteran and the first American platform diver to win gold in consecutive Olympics, dies of pneumonia at the age of 96.
Dec 3, 2016 · Sammy Lee was the first Asian-American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S. in 1948 and 1952. He also served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea and coached Olympic divers.
Dec 3, 2016 · Sammy Lee won platform gold and springboard bronze in 1948 and platform gold in 1952, becoming the first male diver to repeat as Olympic champion. He also served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and faced racial discrimination as a Korean-American.
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Dec 3, 2016 · Samuel “Sammy” Lee, MD ’47, Olympic diving champion, coach and doctor, died Dec. 2 in Newport Beach due to pneumonia. He was 96. He was USC’s oldest surviving Olympian.
