Roderick "Roddy" Lee (born 19 October 1949), also known as Lee Chung-ping, is an American school teacher who represented the

Republic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East Asia, at the junction of the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the n ...

at the

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

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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

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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

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. Lee had dual Chinese (Republic of China)/American citizenship 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 for ten years, after which he moved to his alma mater, ECHS, where he coached track and golf, taught

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and P.E., and led its IT team.

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* * 1949 births Living people American male hurdlers Taiwanese male hurdlers American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent Schoolteachers from California Olympic athletes of Taiwan Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Haas School of Business alumni Track and field athletes from California People from El Cerrito, California {{Taiwan-athletics-bio-stub