{"id":231720,"date":"2016-12-03T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=231720"},"modified":"2017-06-13T17:59:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T00:59:01","slug":"diving-legend-sammy-lee-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/diving-legend-sammy-lee-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving Legend Sammy Lee Passes Away At Age 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA Olympic legend Dr.\u00a0<strong>Sammy Lee &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a01948 and 1952 Olympic Gold medalist &#8211; passed away on December 2nd, at age of 96, due to pneumonia. \u00a0He was a true giant in the sport of Olympic diving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231726\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231726\" data-attachment-id=\"231726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/diving-legend-sammy-lee-passes-away\/sammy-lee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Sammy-Lee.png\" data-orig-size=\"335,274\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sammy Lee\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sammy Lee&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Facebook&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Sammy-Lee.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Sammy-Lee.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-231726\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Sammy-Lee.png\" alt=\"Sammy Lee\" width=\"335\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Sammy-Lee.png 335w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Sammy-Lee-245x200.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-231726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recent Video<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FlpReAAeeuc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lee was born August 1st, 1920 in Fresno, California to parents of Korean descent. His father graduated with a degree in civil engineering from Occidental College, but was unable to find work due to his Asian ancestry. He was then forced to open a chop suey restaurant and market. As a twelve-year-old living near Los Angeles, Lee was motivated by the many Olympics banners and souvenirs on display for the 1932 Summer Olympics being held in Los Angeles that year. Later that summer, he found that he could do somersaults much better than all of his friends, which led to his goal of becoming an Olympic champion in diving.<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s parents moved to Highland Park, a suburb of Los Angeles. At the time, however, Latinos, Asians and African-Americans were only allowed to use the nearby Brookside Park Plunge in Pasadena, on Wednesdays, on what was called &#8220;international day&#8221;: the day before the pool was scheduled to be drained and refilled with clean water. Because Lee needed a place to practice and could not regularly use the public pool, his coach dug a pit in his backyard and filled it with sand. Lee practiced by jumping into the pit.<\/p>\n<p>Under the tutelage of renowned diving coach <strong>Jim Ryan<\/strong>, Lee won the United States National Diving Championships in 1942 in both the 3-meter springboard and the 10-meter platform events, becoming the first person of color to capture the United States national championship in diving. In 1946 he again triumphed at the 10-meter platform event while finishing 3rd at the 3-meter springboard competition at the national diving competition in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p>At the 1948 Summer Games in London, England, Lee earned a bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard and a gold medal in 10-meter platform diving events. Four years later, he won the gold medal in the 10-meter platform competition at Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n<p>His accomplishments were not limited to the athletic field. Lee attended Franklin High School and later was a student-athlete at Occidental College, where he received his undergraduate degree before attending the University of Southern California School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1947. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea from 1953\u201355, where he specialized in the diseases of the ear. In 1953, while serving his tour of duty in Korea, he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=Sullivan+Award\" target=\"_blank\">James E. Sullivan Award<\/a>, which is awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. He went on to coach Olympic divers including <strong>Pat McCormick<\/strong>, <strong>Bob Webster<\/strong>, and <strong>Greg Louganis<\/strong>. He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the US Olympic Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>All of this accomplishment, however, did not mean the end of his experience with discrimination. In 1954 he faced housing discrimination in Garden Grove, California, where he attempted to buy a home only to be told he could not, and in one case having nearby residents gather petition signatures to &#8220;disallow&#8221; or discourage him from buying in &#8220;their&#8221; neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>A landmark, the Sammy Lee Square, at the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles&#8217; Koreatown was named after him in 2010. He was also honored with a spot on the Anaheim\/Orange County Walk of Stars in 2009. The Los Angeles Unified School District honored Lee by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-diving-champion-sammy-lee-gets-name-on-new-los-angeles-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">renaming Central Region Elementary School<\/a> #20 as the Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Sciences Magnet School in 2013.<\/p>\n<article class=\"post entry post-loop clearfix post-16778 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diving category-zzzzzzzzz\">\n<div class=\"post-loop-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail float-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/divers-join-forces-to-honor-dr-sammy-lee\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MeKittySamNicole-280x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-detail\">\n<h2 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/divers-join-forces-to-honor-dr-sammy-lee\/\">Divers Join Forces to Honor Dr. Sammy Lee<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"post entry post-loop clearfix post-16181 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diving category-zzzzzzzzz\">\n<div class=\"post-loop-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail float-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sammy-lees-recollections-about-early-years-of-diving\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SammyJim_001-280x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-detail\">\n<h2 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sammy-lees-recollections-about-early-years-of-diving\/\">Sammy Lee\u2019s Recollections About Early Years of Diving<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i><time datetime=\"2007-11-11T15:04:35+00:00\"><\/time><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sammy_Lee_(diver)\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia contributed to this news post<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Olympic legend Dr.\u00a0Sammy Lee &#8211;\u00a01948 and 1952 Olympic Gold medalist &#8211; passed away on December 2nd, at age of 96, due to pneumonia. \u00a0He was a true giant in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":231728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,13,62061,10],"tags":[32491],"class_list":["post-231720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-diving","category-obituaries","category-world","tag-sammy-lee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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