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Lee Priest

Lee Priest (Lee Andrew McCutcheon, born 1972, Newcastle, Australia), "The Blond Myth," retired IFBB pro bodybuilder, 5'4", famed for arm size; 1997 Olympia debut sixth, won 2006 Ironman Pro and 2013 NABBA Mr. Universe.

Lee Roy Selmon

Lee Roy Selmon (1954-2011), American defensive end, first overall pick of the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976; 1979 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 78.5 sacks, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1995, first Buccaneer enshrined.

Lee Sang-hwa (이상화)

Lee Sang-hwa (이상화), born 1989 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean long-track speed skater, two-time Olympic 500 m champion (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014), PyeongChang 2018 silver medalist, and 2013 world record holder at 36.36 seconds.

Lee Sedol (이세돌)

Lee Sedol (이세돌), born 1983, is a South Korean former professional Go player who won Game 4 against AlphaGo in 2016, the only human victory over it.

Lee Selby

Lee "Lightning" Selby (born 1987, Barry, Wales) is a Welsh former boxer, IBF featherweight world champion 2015-2018, record 28-4 (9 KOs), retired 2022, now fighting in bare-knuckle boxing for BKB.

Lee Sentman

Lee Sentman names several Americans: Lee Sentman Jr. (1910-1996), Big Ten champion hurdler and Drake Relays Hall of Famer; his son Lee H. Sentman III (1937-2010), Illinois aerospace professor and chemical laser researcher; and Lee Sentman (1899-1979) of Maryland.

Lee Seo Hyuk

Lee Seo Hyuk (이서혁, Lee Seo-Hyeok), South Korean skeleton racer born 2003; not the actor Lee Soo-hyuk. Finished 7th in boys' skeleton at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics with 2:21.05.

Lee Seon Hui

Lee Seon Hui (이선희, also Lee Sun-Hee), born 1978, South Korean taekwondo fighter; won women's welterweight gold at Sydney 2000, the first official Olympic taekwondo, and the 1992 Barcelona demonstration middleweight; later a police officer.

Lee Seong Jin

Lee Seong Jin (이성진, also Lee Sung-Jin), born 1985, South Korean recurve archer; two Olympic women's team golds (2004, 2012), 2004 individual silver, 2005 world champion, former world number one.

Lee Seung Hun

Lee Seung Hun (이승훈, Lee Seung-Hoon, born 1988, Seoul) is a South Korean speed skater with six Olympic Winter Games medals, including 10,000 m gold in 2010 and the inaugural men's mass start title in 2018; distinct from the freestyle skier of the same name born 2005.

Lee Seung Yeop

Lee Seung-yeop (이승엽), the "Lion King," is a retired South Korean slugger: record five-time KBO MVP, 646 home runs across KBO and NPB, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, later Doosan Bears manager.

Lee Seung Yun

Lee Seung Yun (이승윤, born 1995) is a South Korean recurve archer, 2016 Rio Olympic men's team gold medalist and 2013 world individual champion, who reached world number 1 in 2014.

Lee Seung-woo (이승우)

Lee Seung-woo (이승우), born 1998, South Korean winger and former Barcelona La Masia prospect; 2018 World Cup squad member, 2018 Asian Games gold medalist, now at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in K League 1.

Lee Sharpe

Lee Sharpe (born 1971, Halesowen), English left winger; Manchester United 1988–96 (263 apps, 36 goals), PFA Young Player of the Year, 8 England caps 1991–93, later Leeds, Bradford, Exeter; retired 2003.

Lee Smith (baseball)

Lee Arthur Smith (born 1957), MLB relief pitcher and closer for the Cubs, Cardinals, and six other teams; retired 1997 with a then-record 478 saves and elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.

Lee So Yeon

Lee So Yeon (이소연) refers to two South Korean Olympians: a short track speed skater born 1993, 2026 women's relay gold medalist, and a judoka born 1981, half-heavyweight at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

Lee Stecklein

Lee Stecklein (born 1994) is an American ice hockey defender from Roseville, Minnesota, playing for the PWHL's Minnesota Frost. Four-time Olympian with two golds (2018, 2026) and two silvers, nine World Championships, three NCAA titles, and two Walter Cups.

Lee Taek Geun

Lee Taek Geun (이택근) names two South Korean athletes: a baseball outfielder born 1980 in Busan, 2008 Olympic gold medalist and 17-season KBO veteran, and a footballer born 2001, a K League defender for Paju Frontier.

Lee Trevino

Lee Trevino (born December 1, 1939), nicknamed Merry Mex and Super Mex, is a Mexican-American golfer who won six majors, 29 PGA Tour and 29 Champions Tour titles, and the 1971 U.S.-Canadian-British Open triple.

Lee Trundle

Lee Trundle, Liverpool-born striker from Huyton, starred for Swansea City (78 goals in 146 games, 2003-07), Bristol City, Wrexham and Leeds; famous for Soccer AM showboating, now a Swansea ambassador still playing Welsh league football at 50.

Lee U Seok

Woo Seok Lee (이우석, Lee Woo-seok), South Korean recurve archer born 1997 in Seoul; 2014 Youth Olympic champion, 2024 Paris Olympic team gold and individual bronze, three world team titles, former world number one.

Lee Westwood

Lee Westwood, English golfer, former World No. 1, 25 European Tour wins, 44 worldwide titles, 11 Ryder Cups, no major win, LIV Golf Majesticks GC co-captain.

Lee Williams (footballer, born 2007)

Lee Williams, also Williams Minh Hoàng, Lee Oliver Grant Williams (born 2007), English-born striker of Vietnamese mother who plays for Cong An Ho Chi Minh City in V.League 1 and, after 2026 naturalization, for Vietnam; 6 league goals in 2025/26 and assist and goal at the 2026 ASEAN Cup.

Lee Won Hui

Lee Won Hui (이원희, Lee Won-Hee), South Korean judoka born 1981: 2004 Athens Olympic gold and 2003 Osaka world title at -73 kg, 48-match win streak, first Korean judo grand slam.

Lee Yang

Lee Yang (李洋, born 1995, Taipei) is a retired Taiwanese badminton men's doubles player who won back-to-back Olympic golds with Wang Chi-Lin at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, a first for Chinese Taipei badminton, and retired in 2024.

Lee Yong Gyu

Lee Yong Gyu (이용규, Lee Yong-kyu), born 1985, South Korean KBO outfielder; 2008 Beijing Olympic baseball gold medalist, 397 career steals (sixth in KBO), three Golden Gloves; retired June 2026 after a DUI crash as Kiwoom player-coach.

Lee Yong-dae

Lee Yong-dae (이용대, born 1988, Hwasun, South Korea) is a badminton doubles specialist, 2008 Olympic mixed doubles gold medalist, 2012 men's doubles bronze medalist, world No. 1 with four partners, and 2024 BWF Hall of Fame inductee.

Lee Young-pyo (이영표)

Lee Young-pyo (이영표, born 1977) is a South Korean former fullback, 127-cap international, 2002 World Cup semifinalist, PSV, Tottenham, Dortmund, Al-Hilal and Whitecaps player, now a commentator and Gangwon FC CEO.

Lee Zii Jia

Lee Zii Jia (born 1998) is a Malaysian men's singles badminton player, 2021 All England champion over Viktor Axelsen, 2022 Asian champion, career-high world No. 2, and Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.

Leeds city

Leeds City F.C. (1904-1919) was Leeds's first professional football club, based at Elland Road in Football League Division Two; expelled mid-season in October 1919 over illegal wartime payments, its players auctioned, succeeded by Leeds United.