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==Notable Achievements== | ==Notable Achievements== | ||
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| − | Olympic Silver | + | |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Ice hockey player | + | Former Ice hockey player. Won Olympic Gold twice (2006, 2010), World Championship Gold. 4 World Championship Silvers. As a college player with Harvard, she was an openly-lesbian player who won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the best player in women's college hockey (2008). Forced to retire due to injury. Has completed an undergraduate degree in psychology from Harvard, and is currently doing her Masters in Education at the University of Sherbrooke. |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ]] | ||
| + | * [[LGBTQ Presence in Ice Hockey]] | ||
| + | * [[LGBTQ Athletes Who Have Won Olympic Gold]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/canadian-women-s-hockey-star-sarah-vaillancourt-retires-1.1344435 | ||
| + | * http://thehockeywriters.com/a-salute-to-sarah-vaillancourts-national-team-career/ | ||
Latest revision as of 20:40, 25 November 2020
Contents
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
1985 -
Occupation
Sports
Notable Achievements
Olympic Gold, Olympic Silver
Description
Former Ice hockey player. Won Olympic Gold twice (2006, 2010), World Championship Gold. 4 World Championship Silvers. As a college player with Harvard, she was an openly-lesbian player who won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the best player in women's college hockey (2008). Forced to retire due to injury. Has completed an undergraduate degree in psychology from Harvard, and is currently doing her Masters in Education at the University of Sherbrooke.
See Also
- World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Presence in Ice Hockey
- LGBTQ Athletes Who Have Won Olympic Gold
