Lee represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games.

[2] Attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, between 2001 and 2004, Lee won two titles at the U.S. National Championships in 2003.

Lee was born the youngest of 6 children and was educated at King Edward VI High School For Girls in Birmingham.

[3] In 2003 her brother, Adrian Lee, died in a suspected suicide from an overdose of prescribed pills for depression.

Lee did not talk publicly about her brother's death until a year later, when she gave an interview in April 2004 to Craig Lord of The Times.