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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Ice hockey player, multiple Olympic and World Championship medals.
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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 completer an undergraduate degree in psychology from Harvard, and is currently doing her Masters in Education at the University of Sherbrooke. 
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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
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* http://thehockeywriters.com/a-salute-to-sarah-vaillancourts-national-team-career/
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Revision as of 00:28, 22 May 2014

Sarah Vaillancourt

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 completer an undergraduate degree in psychology from Harvard, and is currently doing her Masters in Education at the University of Sherbrooke.

Further Reading/Research


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