the usa defeated the soviet union to win the gold medal in ice hockey in 1980.
the usa defeated the soviet union to win the gold medal in ice hockey in 1980.
who did the usa defeat to win the gold medal in ice hockey in 1980?
the soviet union
a hockey tournament debuted in the summer olympics in 1920. it would later be called the first world ice hockey championship. canada took the gold medal and the united states took the silver. canada took the gold medal again in the 1924 winter olympics. this was the first time hockey was considered an olympic sport. in 1936, great britain gave canada their first big loss in international hockey. great britain took the gold medal. the ussr finally joined in on olympic ice hockey in 1956. they ended up winning the gold medal that year. (fitzpatrick, 2012) in 1960 and 1980 the united states won the ice hockey olympic games. the 1980 ice hockey olympics was known as "miracle on ice". this was when the united states upset the soviet union. (united states at the olympics, 2005)
ice hockey in the united states
jaclyn "jackie" briggs ( kintzer; born may 23, 1988) is an american field hockey player. she was born in reading, pa and graduated from conrad weiser high school in 2006. she went on to attend the university of north carolina where she helped lead the team to two ncaa national championships. briggs studied studio art with a concentration in painting at unc. briggs joined the u.s. national team in 2010. at the 2012 summer olympics, she competed for the united states women's national field hockey team in the women's event. briggs helped team usa defeat argentina to win its first pan american gold medal and earn a berth in the 2012 olympics in london. briggs was a member of the gold medal champions challenge squad and a part of the u.s. squad that stunned the world with a fourth place finish at the 2014 rabobank hockey world cup. briggs recently competed in the 2016 summer olympic games in rio de janeiro, brazil.
jackie briggs (field hockey)