Grace Lee
United States
| Sport | Short Track | |
| FederationID | STUSA20506200601 | |
| NOC | United States | |
| Born | 05 Jun 2006 | |
| Gender | Women |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 44.140 | 06 Nov 2022 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:34.882 | 17 Feb 2024 |  Heerenveen |
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| 1500m | 2:29.644 | 20 Oct 2023 |  Montreal |
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General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Drawing, playing cards, hiking with her dog. (teamusa.org, 24 May 2022) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning national titles at age group level and being named US Speedskating's 2022/23 Female Short Track Development Skater of the Year. (teamusa.org, 24 May 2022) | |
| Famous relatives | Her older sister Eunice has represented the United States of America in short track. She competed at the 2022 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (seattletimes.com, 22 Jan 2022; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Nov 2022) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "When my family and I lived in Korea, my brother started speed skating while my sister and I figure skated. When we moved to Washington however, we started to speed skate with Puget Sound Speedskating Club." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Her family, and her coaches. (teamusa.org, 24 May 2022) | |
| Hero / Idol | Korean short track skater Choi Min-Jeong. (teamusa.org, 24 May 2022) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Outside of sport, she aspires to work in the medical sector. (teamusa.org, 24 May 2022) | |
| Awards and honours | In 2022 she was named Female Short Track Development Skater of the Year by US Speedskating. (teamusa.org, 24 May 2022) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport at Puget Sound Speedskating Club in Tacoma, WA, United States of America. |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 6 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 500m | 8 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 9 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 1500m | 32 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 1500m | 45 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Junior Championships | 500m | 50 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Junior Championships | 1000m | 51 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2022/2023 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 11 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 18 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 36 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 50 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 55 | |||