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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 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 skiing: Women's downhill: February 15 Silver: Paul Wylie: Figure skating: Men's singles: February 15 Silver: Diann Roffe: Alpine skiing ...
Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.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.
[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 ...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include women's hockey as an Olympic event in July 1992. [1] [2] Finland has won four Olympic bronze medals in women's hockey, including the first bronze medal in women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympic games. [3]
Brigette Lacquette is the first First Nations hockey player to be named to Canada’s National Women’s Team. She recognizes that makes her a role model for young First Nations athletes, especially girls who play hockey, but that is a jobs she is happy to accept. Lacquette first joined the National Women’s U18 Team in August 2008.