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Hayley Wickenheiser
Winning four consecutive Olympic hockey gold medals.
Four Olympic golds · Olympic MVP
- Born
- 12 August 1978
- Birthplace
- Shaunavon, Canada
More people
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser is a Canadian hockey player whose international career spanned 23 years before she trained as a physician.
Early life
Outdoor rinks
Learned hockey in Shaunavon at five.
Calgary
Moved with her family and played on boys’ teams into her teens.
Career
- 1994
Canada debut
Joined the national team at fifteen and won world championship gold.
- 2003
Playing in Finland
Joined HC Salamat in the Finnish men’s third division.
- 2017–2022
New careers
Retired, completed medical school and became a Toronto Maple Leafs assistant general manager.
Achievements
Four Olympic golds
Won the hockey tournament at four consecutive Winter Games.
Olympic MVP
Was named the tournament’s most valuable player twice.
Hall of Fame
Entered both the Hockey Hall of Fame and IIHF Hall of Fame.
Beyond hockey
Medicine
Graduated from the University of Calgary’s medical school in 2021.
Softball
Represented Canada at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Simon Fraser University - University Communications. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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