Gwen Cheeseman
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| Full name | Gwen Wentz Cheeseman-Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 13, 1951 (age 73) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Gwen Wentz Cheeseman-Alexander (born August 13, 1951 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the 1980 Olympic team that qualified for Olympics but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal years later.[1] She was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was also the goal keeper of the world in 1980. She coached many Division 1 teams and currently is a goalie coach at Washington and Lee University.
References
- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gwen Cheeseman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- American female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey
- Sportspeople from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- 21st-century American women
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