Team USA’s Spencer Lee Takes Home Silver Medal in 57 KG Wrestling Olympic Event

Spencer Lee came up just short on Friday, but will still head home with a silver medal.

On Friday afternoon, Lee, a Murrysville, Pennsylvania native, took home the silver medal, falling in the 57-kilogram match to Japan’s Rei Higuchi.

Lee earned the first two points of the match with push-out points. In the final three minutes of the match, Lee, leading 2-0, surrendered two points to Higuchi. With two minutes to go, the match was tied at two, but Higuchi ended up winning the match.

Lee was a three-time NCAA champion and two-time Dan Hodge Trophy award winner at the University of Iowa. He graduated high-school from Franklin Regional in Western Pennsylvania before his illustrious college career at Iowa.

Lee was an undefeated 26-0 in his collegiate wrestling career in home matches in Iowa City, and also went 57-6 in his collegiate career against ranked opponents.

In high school, Lee was a four-time state qualifier and a three-time Pennsylvania state champion wrestler out of Franklin Regional. He was the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the country all four years of his collegiate career.

Lee was one of four Western Pennsylvania natives to represent Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics. He becomes the second Western PA native to bring home a medal, joining Michael Grady, who won gold.

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