King, Katie (1975–)

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King, Katie (1975–)

American ice-hockey player. Born May 24, 1975, in Salem, NH.

Won a team gold medal at Nagano (1998), the 1st Olympics to feature women's ice hockey; won team silver medals at World championships (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001); won a team silver medal at Salt Lake City Olympics (2002) and a team bronze medal at Torino Olympics (2006).

See also Mary Turco, Crashing the Net: The U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team and the Road to Gold (HarperCollins, 1999); and Women in World History.

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