Jen Lee
PARA ICE HOCKEY
Paralympic medals: 3 Gold
2026 Outlook: A cornerstone of Team USA’s defensive legacy, Jen Lee enters the Milan–Cortina 2026 cycle as a steadying veteran presence in goal. After taking over as the U.S. starting goalie in Beijing and recording four shutouts on the way to gold, following earlier Games backing up Steve Cash, Lee brings calm command, elite consistency, and leadership shaped by more than a decade at the highest level of the sport.
Need to know:
• Three-time Paralympian
• Lee was born in Taipei and moved to the United States when he was six.
• He served as an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Army before a 2009 motorcycle accident led to the amputation of his left leg above the knee and his introduction to sled hockey through Operation Comfort.
• Lee backed up legendary goaltender Steve Cash at the 2014 and 2018 Paralympics.
• He became Team USA’s starting goalie in Beijing 2022, posting shutouts in all four games and helping secure the program’s unprecedented fourth straight gold medal.
Personal:
Age: 39
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Limb difference / disability: Bilateral above-knee amputee
Jen Lee
PARA ICE HOCKEY
Paralympic medals: 3 Gold
2026 Outlook: A cornerstone of Team USA’s defensive legacy, Jen Lee enters the Milan–Cortina 2026 cycle as a steadying veteran presence in goal. After taking over as the U.S. starting goalie in Beijing and recording four shutouts on the way to gold, following earlier Games backing up Steve Cash, Lee brings calm command, elite consistency, and leadership shaped by more than a decade at the highest level of the sport.
Need to know:
• Three-time Paralympian
• Lee was born in Taipei and moved to the United States when he was six.
• He served as an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Army before a 2009 motorcycle accident led to the amputation of his left leg above the knee and his introduction to sled hockey through Operation Comfort.
• He became Team USA’s starting goalie in Beijing 2022, posting shutouts in all four games and helping secure the program’s unprecedented fourth straight gold medal.
Personal:
Age: 39
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Limb difference / disability: Bilateral above-knee amputee
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