Sarah Nurse
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
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- Sarah Nurse (born January 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and Canada women's national ice hockey team.
- She has competed in six IIHF World Women's Championships, securing three golds (2021, 2022, 2024), two silvers (2023, 2025), and one bronze (2019).
- Nurse co-founded the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), serving on its board, and later joined the PWHL's executive committee for the PWHL Players Association (PWHLPA) upon the PWHL's 2023 launch.
- She is the eldest of three children born to Michelle and Roger Nurse.
- At seven years old, she watched the Canadian women's hockey team, led by Hayley Wickenheiser, win gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and told her family she would one day play in the Olympics herself.
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WikipediaSarah Nurse (born January 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and Canada women's national ice hockey team. Nurse won Olympic gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics—where she broke the single-tournament Olympic point record with 18 and became the first Black woman to win a gold medal in Olympic ice-hockey—and silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She has competed in six IIHF World Women's Championships, securing three golds (2021, 2022, 2024), two silvers (2023, 2025), and one bronze (2019).
After a standout college career with the Wisconsin Badgers, featuring four Frozen Four appearances, she played one season with the Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Nurse co-founded the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), serving on its board, and later joined the PWHL's executive committee for the PWHL Players Association (PWHLPA) upon the PWHL's 2023 launch.
Nurse was born in Burlington and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the eldest of three children born to Michelle and Roger Nurse. Nurse began skating at age three and started playing hockey at age five. At seven years old, she watched the Canadian women's hockey team, led by Hayley Wickenheiser, win gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and told her family she would one day play in the Olympics herself.
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