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==Country==
 
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==Notable Achievements==
 
==Notable Achievements==
  
Olympic Gold
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Olympic Gold, Olympic Silver
 
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Olympic Silver
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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 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]]
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* [[LGBTQ Presence in Ice Hockey]]
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* [[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
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* http://thehockeywriters.com/a-salute-to-sarah-vaillancourts-national-team-career/

Latest revision as of 20:40, 25 November 2020

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

See Also

Further Reading/Research