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Spencer Lee
Spencer Lee - 2024 Olympian

Spencer Lee

Paris 2024

Olympian 2024 (1 silver)

  • 0

    GOLD

  • 1

    SILVER

  • 0

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Spencer Lee

Height

5'3"

Age

26

Hometown

Murrysville, PA

Education

Iowa

2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 57 kg

Residence: Iowa City, Iowa

Club: Hawkeye Wrestling Club, Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

College: University of Iowa

High School: Murrysville, Pa. (Franklin Regional)

Born: Oct. 14, 1998, in Denver, Colo.

Height: 5’3”

Olympic Games 

2024 Olympic Games (Silver at 57 kg)

Age-Group World Teams 

2016 Junior Worlds (Gold at 50 kg), 2015 Junior Worlds (Gold at 50 kg), 2014 Cadet Worlds (Gold at 50 kg), 2013 Cadet Worlds (Seventh at 50 kg)

Career Highlights
  • 2024 Olympic silver medalist
  • U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
  • Three-time age-group World Champion
  • Pan American Championships gold medalist
  • Two-time Senior Nationals champion
  • Four-time age-group U.S. World Team member
  • Three-time NCAA DI Champion for the University of Iowa

Career Biography

2025: Zagreb Open Ranking Series champion in Zagreb, Croatia…Henri Deglane champion in Nice, France…

2024: Paris Olympic silver medalist in Paris, France…World Olympic Games Qualification Tournament champion in Istanbul, Turkey…U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…Pan American Championships champion in Acapulco, Mexico…

2023: Senior Nationals champion…Bill Farrell Memorial International champion…

2019: Senior Nationals champion…

2016: Junior World champion in Macon, France…

2015: Junior World champion in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil…

2014: Cadet World champion in Snina, Slovakia…

2013: Seventh at Cadet World Championships in Zrenjanin, Serbia…

College: Three-time NCAA Division I champion for Iowa (2018, 2019 & 2021)…Sixth at 2023 NCAA Division I Championships for Iowa…Two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner…Three-time Big Ten champion (2020, 2021 & 2023)…Three-time Big Ten Wrestler of the Year… 2023 Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Big Ten Championships…2018 Big Ten Freshman of the Year…Five-time NCAA All-American for Iowa…

Age-group achievements: 2015 and 2016 UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials champion…2016 Junior Nationals champion…2015 Cadet Freestyle Nationals runner-up…2014 ASICS FILA Cadet Nationals champion…2014 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion…2013 Cadet Nationals champion…2012 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman…

Awards: 2019 AAU James E. Sullivan Award Winner…Two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner…2020 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler…2018 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner…

Personal: Son of Cathy and Larry Lee….Mother was an alternate for the Olympic judo team…Father was the judo national coach and the paralympic coach…Has a twin sister named Gaby…

Twitter/X: @LeeSpencerlee36

Instagram: @spencerlee365

Tik Tok: @spencerlee365

Individual Website: Rudis

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