Sarah Vaillancourt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sarah Vaillancourt

ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 08-May-1985

Place of Birth: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Sarah Vaillancourt

  • Sarah Marie Vaillancourt (born May 8, 1985) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player.
  • She is a member of the Canada women's national team and a member of Montreal Stars (CWHL). 2-time Olympic Gold Medallist / World Championships Gold / 4-time World Championships Silver / Clarkson Cup Champion (2010–11).
  • From 2003 to 2009 Vaillancourt played 88 international games for Team Canada and scored 36 goals adding 39 assists.
  • She won 2 Olympic Gold medals for Canada, in 2006 and 2010.
  • While playing for Harvard University she was named the Ivy League and ECAC Hockey Player of the Year.
  • She led Harvard in scoring, and was ranked fourth overall in the NCAA in 2007–08.
  • In 2008, she won the coveted Patty Kazmaier Award. Vaillancourt started skating at the age of two years and a half and playing hockey at five years.
  • She made the national team when she was 18 and one of her favourite hockey moments is winning gold on home soil at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.
  • She studied psychology at Harvard University and works as a skills coach.
  • Vaillancourt is openly lesbian.

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