BeeJay Lee

BeeJay Lee
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1993-03-05) March 5, 1993
West Covina, United States
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m – 9.99 (2015)
200 m – 20.11 (2015)[1]

Bernard "Beejay" Robert Lee Jr. (born March 5, 1993) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He was a member of the USA team in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, UK, that placed second and received a silver medal, he competed in the heats.[2]

Biography

Beejay Lee grew up as one of five children of Bernard Lee and Karen Lee in the Californian city of West Covina.[3] There he attended the West Covina High and participated in the athletics competitions. After studying communication and journalism at the University of New Mexico, he joined the University of Southern California in 2013 and has been running for the USC Trojans since then.[4]

Career

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, he finished sixth in 100m, eighth in the 200m, and won gold with the US team in the 4X100m relay.[5]

References

  1. BeeJay Lee at IAAF
  2. "4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. "BeeJay Lee Track and Field". www.teamusa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. Beejay Lee usctrojans.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. "Athletics - Athlete Profile - LEE BeeJay". www.toronto2015.org. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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