Tueting, Sarah (1976–)
Tueting, Sarah (1976–)
American ice-hockey player. Born April 26, 1976, in Winnetka, IL; attended Dartmouth College.
Goaltender, named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Dartmouth's Rookie of the Year (1994–95); 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, 2000, 2001); won a team silver medal at Salt Lake City Olympics (2002).
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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