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She finished sixth in the 200-metre backstroke (21027) at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany.
She finished sixth in the 200-metre backstroke (21027) at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany.
She specialized in backstroke events. She finished second behind Katy Sexton (2:1148) at the British Olympic Trials by 0.38 of a second, in a FINA A-standard of 2:11.86. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Germany"s Antje Buschschulte and Russia"s Stanislava Komarova, both of whom were top medal favorites.
Lee missed the semifinals by nearly one second, as she placed twentieth overall in the preliminaries.
She was also a member of Team Great Britain starting in 1998, and a varsity swimmer for the Loughborough University team, under head coach Ben Titley. Lee qualified for the women"s 200-metre backstroke, as a member of Team Great Britain, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.