Eunice Lee

Quick Facts

• Born in San Diego, CA, grew up in Bellevue, Washington, since age six, after spending two years in South Korea
• Youngest speedskater named to the U.S. team for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 (did not compete) 
• Attends Duke, studying chemistry and biology on a pre-med track

Biographical Information

Eunice Lee grew up in Bellevue, Washington, and when she moved there at age 6 from South Korea, she joined her brother and sister in speedskating at her local club, Puget Sound Speedskating Club.

Eleven years later, she was the youngest speedskater, at only age 17, named to the U.S. speedskating team for the Beijing Games. Lee was the relay team’s backup and did not compete in Beijing. Two years at the 2024 world championships, she was a part of the U.S. relay team that won a world championships silver medal, the first world medal for the American women in this event since 2012. 

Lee missed the following season with an ankle injury before returning to represent the U.S. during the 2025-2026 ISU Short Track World Tour and helped the U.S. women finish third at the last stop in Dordrecht, Netherlands, to qualify a relay team for the Milano Cortina 2026. 

Off the ice, Lee attends Duke, where she is studying chemistry and biology on a pre-med track.

Olympic Experience

• 2022 Olympian (did not compete) 

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2024 – silver (3000m Relay - Women)
• Years of participation: 3000m Relay - Women 2024; 1000m - Women 2022; 1500m - Women 2022; 500m - Women 2022; Overall - Women 2022
• Medals: 1 (1 silver)
• Silver – 2024 (3000m Relay - Women)

Career Highlights

• World Cup, 2024 (500m - Women, Overall - Women)
• World Junior Championships, Dresden, 2023 (1000m - Women, 3000m Relay - Women, 500m - Women)