Sara DeCosta-Hayes
| Sara DeCosta-Hayes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 13, 1977 Warwick, RI, USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Hockey East team | Providence | ||
| National team |
 United States | ||
| Playing career | 1995–2002 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Ice hockey | ||
 |
1998 Nagano | Ice hockey |
 |
2002 Salt Lake City | Ice hockey |
Sara DeCosta (born May 13, 1977) is an American ice hockey player from Warwick, Rhode Island, an alumna of Toll Gate High School. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
DeCosta was named by Brandeis University, a contemporary Jewish sports heroine.[1]
Awards and honors
- 2000 and 2002 USA Hockey Women’s Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) [2]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Contributions of long-overlooked Jewish sports heroines finally recognized" (PDF). Brandeis University. The Hadassah Brandeis Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ^ "Annual Awards - Through the Years". USA Hockey. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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- 1977 births
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- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Living people
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- People from Warwick, Rhode Island
- Providence Friars women's ice hockey players
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey people from Rhode Island
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