the last winter olympics were held in the usa at salt lake city.
the last winter olympics were held in the usa at salt lake city.
where was the last winter olympics held in the usa?
salt lake city
wickenheiser was a member of team canada at the 1998 winter olympics, when women's hockey was introduced as a medal sport. she also played 21 games for team canada during their pre-olympic tour. canada won a silver medal at the event and wickenheiser was named to the tournament all-star team. her performance at the 1998 olympics impressed men's team canada general manager bobby clarke so much, that he invited her to participate in the philadelphia flyers rookie camps in 1998 and 1999. 2002 was another chance at olympic gold, and wickenheiser was named to canada's roster for the 2002 winter olympics held in salt lake city, utah. on team canada's pre-olympic tour, wickenheiser played 26 games and racked up 36 points. in a bit of redemption for 1998, canada won the gold medal by defeating team usa in the final game. wickenheiser was named tournament mvp and she was the top scorer on the women's side. at the 2006 winter olympics, canada was defending its gold medal status. when the final match was set, canada was facing off against sweden, a surprise finalist. they won gold again, and wickenheiser once more was named tournament mvp, top forward, and to a berth on the all-star team. she also led the tournament in scoring,
hayley wickenheiser
the 1992 winter olympics, officially known as the xvi olympic winter games (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 february 1992 in albertville, france. they were the last winter olympics to be held the same year as the summer olympics, and the first where the winter paralympics were held at the same site. albertville was selected as host in 1986, beating sofia, falun, lillehammer, cortina d'ampezzo, anchorage and berchtesgaden. the games were the third winter olympics held in france, after chamonix in 1924 and grenoble in 1968, and the fifth olympics overall in the country.
1992 winter olympics