What to know about Olympian Suni Lee's family
Before she rose to become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Sunisa "Suni" Lee honed her gymnastics skills at home in St. Paul, Minnesota, where her father John Lee built a homemade wooden beam for her to practice cartwheels and more. Suni Lee has credited her parents, mom Yeev Thoj and dad John Lee, and her five siblings' endless support for helping her get to the top of the world stage. Get to know her family below. Suni Lee's parents -- Yeev Thoj and John Lee Suni Lee's mom and dad -- Yeev (pronounced "Yeng") Thoj and John Lee -- are both Hmong immigrants from Laos and the parents of a blended family, who call St. Paul, Minnesota home. Although John Lee is not Suni Lee's biological father, her parents said it was her decision to change her last name to Lee, according to a July 2021 ESPN profile on the Olympian's family. In August 2019, John Lee was helping a neighbor trim tree branches when he fell from a ladder. The accident caused a spinal cord injury which resulted in...