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In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [1] [4] Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; by 1997, however, the American team had improved ...
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was the 17th Olympic Championship. All the games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 9 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance.
Pages in category "Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 269 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
Women's 500 meters: February 10 Gold: Donna Weinbrecht: Freestyle skiing: Women's moguls: February 13 Gold: Bonnie Blair: Speed skating: Women's 1000 meters: February 14 Gold: Cathy Turner: Short track speed skating: Women's 500 meters: February 20 Gold: Kristi Yamaguchi: Figure skating: Women's singles: February 21 Silver: Hilary Lindh: Alpine ...
Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres. Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1992 Olympics
A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition . [ 3 ]
[3] [4] [5] In addition, the first women's events were held in biathlon [6] and a pursuit event was added in cross-country skiing for both men and women. [ 7 ] Following the late-1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union , six of the newly independent countries participated together as the Unified Team , the only Winter Olympics at which they would ...
Since 2022, she is also the current head coach of the China women's national field hockey team. From 2015, Annan was the head coach of the Netherlands women's national field hockey team ; she led the team to a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil and a gold medal at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as well as gold medals at the 2017 ...