Sandra Whyte-Sweeney
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Born | Saugus, MA, USA |
August 24, 1970 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ECAC team | Harvard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1989–1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sandra Whyte-Sweeney (born August 24, 1970) is an American ice hockey player who was born on August 24, 1970.
She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[1] In the gold medal game, Whyte assisted on her team's first two goals and scored an empty-net goal to seal the United States' 3-1 win over Canada. It was the first gold medal awarded in women's ice hockey in Olympic history.
Career
Whyte-Sweeney has stayed connected to the Olympic movement. She participated in the United States Olympic Committee's Summit program. These are a series of conferences that unite former Olympic gold medalists with medal hopefuls for the next Games with the goal of helping them mentally prepare for the challenge.[2]
References
- ↑ Sandra Whyte Olympic medals and stats
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- American women's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Massachusetts
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- People from Saugus, Massachusetts
- Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players
- American ice hockey player stubs
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs