Sandra Whyte-Sweeney

American ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Born

(1970-08-24) August 24, 1970 (age 53)
Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S.

Height

5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

Weight

130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb)

Position

Forward

ECAC team

Harvard

National team

United States

Playing career

1989–1998

Medal record

Women's ice hockey

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	Team competition
World Championships
	1992 Tampere	Team competition
	1994 Lake Placid	Team competition
	1997 Kitchener	Team competition

Sandra Whyte-Sweeney (born August 24, 1970) is an American ice hockey player.

She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.^[1] In the gold medal game, Whyte assisted on her team's first two goals and scored an empty-net goal to seal the United States' 3-1 win over Canada. It was the first gold medal awarded in women's ice hockey in Olympic history.

Career

Whyte-Sweeney has stayed connected to the Olympic movement. She participated in the United States Olympic Committee's Summit program. These are a series of conferences that unite former Olympic gold medalists with medal hopefuls for the next Games with the goal of helping them mentally prepare for the challenge.^[2]

References

^ Sandra Whyte Olympic medals and stats Archived 2007-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Meredith Rainey Valmon. "Sandra Whyte Sweeney". Ivy @ 50. Retrieved 16 April 2010.