Chee Swee Lee (born 10 January 1955) is a Singaporean middle-distance runner who competed in the 400 and 800 metres. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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Chee Swee Lee

Personal information
Nationality	Singaporean
Born	(1955-01-10) 10 January 1955 (age 69)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event(s)	400 m, 800 m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Singapore Asian Games 1974 Tehran 400 m Southeast Asian Games 1975 Bangkok 400 m 1975 Bangkok 800 m 1969 Rangoon 400 m 1971 Kuala Lumpur 4x400 m 1973 Singapore 400 m 1973 Singapore 800 m 1973 Singapore 4x400 m 1975 Bangkok 4x400 m 1971 Kuala Lumpur 400 m

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At 14 years old, Chee represented Singapore in the 400m event at the 1969 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games). She won the silver medal.^[2]

At the 1971 SEAP Games, Chee won the silver in the 4x400m relay and the bronze medal in the 400m event^[3] At the 1973 SEAP Games, Chee won two individual silvers in the 400m and 800m^[2] and the team silver in the 4x400m relay.^[3]

At the 1974 Asian Games, Chee competed in the 400m event and won the gold medal with 55.08 seconds, setting a Games record^[4] and Singapore national record for the 400m.^[5] She also won a silver in the women’s 4x400m and bronze in the 4x100m relays.^[2]

At the 1975 SEAP Games, Chee won the 400m and 800m events^[4] and the silver medal at 4x400m relay.^[3] Chee competed in the 400m race at the 1976 Olympics but did not finish her heat due to an injury sustained before the event.^[4] She also took part in the 1981 Southeast Asian Games.^[4]

After her athletic career in Singapore, Chee moved to the United States and studied at Mt. San Antonio College and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She continued with college and club competitions while studying and won athletic scholarships for her studies.^[4]

Chee is married and stays in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is working as a real estate agent.^[4]