Christine 'Peng Peng' Lee
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| Full name | Christine Peng Peng Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Peng Peng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Canada
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| Born |
June 27, 1993 Scarborough, Ontario |
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| Hometown | Richmond Hill, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sport Seneca/Oakville Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Kelly Manjak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Lorne Bobkin & Susan Manjak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Carol-Angela Orchard & Brian McVey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Valorie Kondos Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | two flying flairs as mount (balance beam) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christine 'Peng Peng' Lee (born June 27, 1993) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Canadian team that qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and committed to attend UCLA after the Olympics. Lee prefers using her Chinese name, Peng Peng, when doing gymnastics and she claims that it makes her feel like "someone completely different."
In May, Lee competed at the Canadian Championships in Regina, Canada. She placed second in the all around finals with a score of 57.400. and second in balance beam event finals with a score of 15.55.
In November, Lee competed at the Junior Pan American Games in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Canadian team won the silver medal with Lee earning 58.017, the highest score out of the Canadian gymnasts, placing her fourth in the all around competition. In the event finals she earned the silver medal on vault with a score of 13.700 and floor with a score of 14.450. Lee also placed fourth on uneven bars with a score of 13.825 and sixth on balance beam with a score of 13.150.
In December, Lee competed at Elite Canada in Abbotsford, Canada. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 56.150. In event finals, Lee won floor scoring 14.75 and placed third on both uneven bars and balance beam scoring 14.20 and 14.35 respectively.
In March, Lee participated in the Pacific Rim Championships in San Jose, United States. The Canadian team earned a silver medal and Lee placed fifth in the all around competition scoring 57.375. In the event finals, she earned a silver medal on uneven bars scoring 14.925 and placed fourth on floor scoring 14.575.
In June, Lee placed third in the all around final of the Canadian Championships in Calgary, Canada with a score of 56.200. In event finals, she placed first on balance beam scoring 15.850, first on floor scoring 14.900, and fifth on uneven bars scoring 14.250.
Lee was diagnosed with spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis in the L5 vertebrae and took a two year hiatus from gymnastics to allow her back to heal. She said, "The decision to return to gymnastics was hard because I wasn't sure if I would be able to do gymnastics again. I didn't want to injure my back any further and when they told me if I continued and my back was not stable, there was a chance of my spine hitting a nerve so that terrified me. I knew I always wanted to come back and my goals ultimately drew me back into the sport."
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