Sandra Whyte-Sweeney

Last updated

Sandra Whyte-Sweeney
Born (1970-08-24) August 24, 1970 (age 55)
Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
ECAC team Harvard
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Playing career 1989–1998
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Nagano Team competition
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Tampere Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Lake Placid Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Kitchener Team competition

Sandra Whyte-Sweeney (born August 24, 1970) is an American ice hockey player.

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

  1. ↑ Sandra Whyte Olympic medals and stats Archived March 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Meredith Rainey Valmon. "Sandra Whyte Sweeney". Ivy @ 50. Retrieved April 16, 2010.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.