{{Short description|Australian weightlifter (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Seen Lee | image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Winners of 58 Kg Women’s Weightlifting event, Ranu Bala Chanu Yumnam of India (Gold), Seen Lee of Australia (Silver) and Zoe Smith of England (Bronze), during the medal presentation ceremony.jpg | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = Seen Lee (left) in 2010 Commonwealth Games. | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Australian | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.6}} (2012) | weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | country = Australia | sport = Weightlifting | event = 58 kg — Women, 63 kg — Women | collegeteam = | education = Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, RMIT University | club = Hawthorn Weightlifting Club | team = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|58 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Manchester|53 kg snatch}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Manchester|53 kg clean & jerk}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Manchester|53 kg combined}} {{MedalComp|Pacific Games}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Apia|59 kg}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Penang|63 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Gold Coast|63 kg}} {{MedalComp|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalGold|2008 Auckland|58 kg}} {{MedalGold|2009 Darwin|63 kg}} {{MedalGold|2011 Darwin|58 kg}} {{MedalGold|2014 Le Mont-Dore|63 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Brisbane|58 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Apia|59 kg}} {{MedalComp|Arafura Games}} {{MedalGold|2009 Darwin|63 kg}} {{MedalGold|2011 Darwin|58 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Darwin|59 kg}} | updated = 26 January 2022 }} '''Seen Lee''' (born 15 November 1982) is an Australian weightlifter. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and a silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She represented Australia in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
==Personal== Lee was born on 15 November 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria and continues to reside in the city.<ref name=2012ausoc/> She attended Donvale Primary School, before going to high school at The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. She attended RMIT University from 2000 to 2004, where she earned a Bachelor of Engineering.<ref name=2012ausoc/> She works full-time as mining engineer, for a company that accommodates her competition schedule.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=mining>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/odd-couple-damon-kelly-and-seen-lee-named-in-australian-weightlifting-team-for-london-olympic-games/story-fn9dheyx-1226403748994|title=Odd couple Damon Kelly and Seen Lee named in Australian weightlifting team for London Olympic Games|first=Amanda|last=Lulham|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=25 June 2012|date=21 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=boxscore/>
Lee is {{convert|160|cm}} tall and weighs {{convert|58|kg}}.<ref name=2012ausoc/>
==Weightlifting== Lee is a weightlifter competing in the 58 kg — Women event.<ref name=2012ausoc>{{cite web|url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/seen-lee |title=London 2012 - Seen Lee |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=1982-11-15 |access-date=2012-06-25}}</ref> She is a member of the Hawthorn Weightlifting Club and bases her training in Melbourne.<ref name=2012ausoc/> She was coached by Martin Leach from 1999 to 2001, then changed coaches in 2001 to Anthony Dove who continued to be her coach going into the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=boxscore/>
Lee holds several Australian women's weightlifting records. In the women's 53 kg snatch, she set a record of 78 kg on 14 December 2002, and 162 in the total lift on 31 July 2002.<ref name=hawthorwnclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawthornweightlifting.com/snr_women_records.html |title=Senior Female Records — Hawthorn Weightlifting Club |website=Hawthornweightlifting.com |date= |access-date=2012-06-25}}</ref><ref name=aussierecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptrecords.aspx |title=Australian Weightlifting Federation — Records |publisher=Awf.com.au |access-date=2012-06-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712101220/http://www.awf.com.au/resultsrankings/rptrecords.aspx |archive-date=12 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She has three records in the women's 58 kg class, 96 kg in the snatch on 20 December 2008, 112 kg in the clean and jerk on 20 December 2008, and 208 kg in the total event on 20 December 2008.<ref name=hawthorwnclub/><ref name=aussierecords/> In the 63 kg women's class, she set a record of 93 kg on 20 September 2008 in the snatch event, 110 kg on 20 September 2008 in the clean and jerk, and 203 kg in the total event on 20 September 2008.<ref name=hawthorwnclub/><ref name=aussierecords/> In 2008, she set a Commonwealth snatch record.<ref name=2012ausoc/> In 2008, she was the top female athlete in the Sinclair ranking system.<ref name=2012ausoc/>
Lee has represented Australia in international competitions for ten years.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=mining/> In 2002, she was the first woman to earn a Commonwealth Games medal in weightlifting when she earned a bronze medal in the 53 kg featherweight division for the snatch, clean and jerk and combined events.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=mining/><ref name=boxscore/> She missed the 2006 Commonwealth Games due to a 2-year suspension for doping, namely furosemide.<ref name=2012ausoc/> She won Australia's first medal, a silver medal in the 58 kg women's event, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=boxscore/> Despite a total lift of {{convert|192|kg}}, she missed out on gold by {{convert|5|kg}} to Indian lifter Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam.<ref name=2012ausoc/>
Lee has competed in several other competitions. She finished first at the 2011 Victorian Championships in the 63 - kg women's event.<ref name=2012ausoc/> She finished first in the 58 kg — Women event at the 2011 Oceania Championships, the 2012 Arafura Games and the 2012 Australian Championships.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=first2012aussie>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-18/kelly-lee-to-lift-in-london/4078236?section=olympics |title=Kelly, Lee to lift in London — London 2012 Olympic Games |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2012-06-18 |access-date=2012-06-25}}</ref> She finished second at the 2011 Australian Championships.<ref name=2012ausoc/> She finished twenty-eighth at the 2011 World Championships.<ref name=2012ausoc/>
The 2012 Australian Championships were the Australian qualifying event for the Summer Olympics with the country having secured only one spot at the Games. To secure her spot, Lee beat Jenna Myers and dual Olympian Deborah Acason.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=first2012aussie/><ref name=9msn/> She lifted {{convert|117|kg}} in the clean and jerk event to earn her spot.<ref name=9msn/> She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she made her inaugural Olympic appearance.<ref name=2012ausoc/><ref name=boxscore>{{cite web|url=http://boxscorenews.com/strongest-aussies-ready-to-lift-london-p39683-68.htm |title=Strongest Aussies ready to lift London |website=Boxscorenews.com |date=2009-07-15 |access-date=2012-06-25}}</ref><ref name=9msn>{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8484761 |title=Kelly, Lee earn weightlifting nominations |website=Wwos.ninemcn.com.au |date= |access-date=2012-06-25}}</ref> She was the only female Australian competitor.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Glasgow 2014 - Seen Lee Profile|url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/weightlifting/1030793/seen_lee.html|website = G2014results.thecgf.com|access-date = 2015-04-30}}</ref> She competed in the women's -63 kg weightclass and finished in 4th place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-2012/results/weightlifting/63kg-women|title=London 2012 63kg women Results - Olympic weightlifting|website=Olympics.com|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she returned to competing in the -58 kg category, finishing in 6th place.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Glasgow 2014 - Women's 58kg Group A|url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_WLW058A01.html|website =G2014results.thecgf.com|access-date = 2015-04-30}}</ref>
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