Roddy Lee is an American school teacher who represented the Republic of China

Republic of China at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Republic of China competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich for the last time as the "Republic of China". The ROC would not return to the Olympics until 1984 and under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to objections by the People's Republic of China over the political status of Taiwan...

 at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Lee began running track while a student at El Cerrito High School

El Cerrito High School

El Cerrito High School is a public school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. It is located at 540 Ashbury Avenue, El Cerrito, California 94530.-Overview:The original main school building was built in the late 1930s as a WPA project...

 in El Cerrito

El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California

-Transportation:The city's primary transportation infrastructure consists of the El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito del Norte BART stations along with several local bus lines, operated by AC Transit, providing access to the surrounding area and the nearby cities of Albany, Berkeley and Richmond...

, California

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. As a high school athlete, "I liked the hurdles best," he has said. "It was a little more exciting and the races were a little faster."

Following graduation, Lee attended UC Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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 where he was a business major and member of the track team. While running for the university, he was approached by a Chinese official to run in the 1970 Asian Games

Asian Games

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. Lee had dual Chinese (Republic of China)/American citizenship

Multiple citizenship

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 at the time and accepted the offer. He won two silver medals at the games. He also ran for China in the 1972 Olympics.

During his senior year of college, Lee decided to become a track coach. He earned his teaching credentials then coached track at Kennedy High School

John F. Kennedy High School (Richmond, California)

John F. Kennedy High School is a secondary school located in Richmond, California, as part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District. The school's mascot is the Bald Eagle, the school's athletic teams are known as the "Eagles," and the school colors are red and white. The current principal,...

 for ten years, after which he moved to his alma mater

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, ECHS, where he coached track and golf, taught computer science

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 and P.E.

Physical education

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, and led its IT

Information technology

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team.