Sandra Whyte-Sweeney
| Sandra Whyte-Sweeney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
August 24, 1970 Saugus, MA, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Archived 2007-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Meredith Rainey Valmon. "Sandra Whyte Sweeney". Ivy @ 50. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
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