Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
The Sammy Lee Story
By Paula Yoo; Dom Lee (Illustrator)
(Lee & Low Books, Hardcover, 9781584302476, 32pp.)
Publication Date: April 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: People & Places - United States - Asian American, Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage, Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation
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Description
The inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.












