Tara Mounsey

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United StatesUnited States  Tara Mounsey Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 12, 1978
place of birth Concord , New Hampshire , USA
size 168 cm
Weight 68 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1992-1996 Concord High School
1996-2001 Brown University
1997-2002 USA hockey

Tara Lynn Mounsey (born March 12, 1978 in Concord , New Hampshire ) is a former American ice hockey player . Mounsey was from 1996 to 2002 a member of the women's national ice hockey team of the United States and was with this Olympic champion at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

Career

Mounsey spent her high school time at Concord High School in her native Concord until 1996 , from where she moved to Brown University . During her five years at the university she played - in addition to her neurosurgery studies - for the university team in the ECAC hockey . Already after her first year of school, after which she was voted both ECAC Rookie of the Year and Ivy League , the defender took a break from studying. She moved after the 1997 World Cup , where she won the silver medal with the women's national ice hockey team of the United States , for one season in the US hockey association USA Hockey . With this she prepared specifically for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan . At the women's ice hockey tournament held for the first time as part of the Winter Games, Mounsey and the team won the gold medal.

The defensive player then returned to Brown University, where she finished her studies in 2001. During this time she had been nominated twice for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and had won another silver medal with the national team at the 1999 World Cup . After a two-year absence from the US team, she received a place in the Olympic squad for the 2002 Winter Olympics in her home town of Salt Lake City and was able to win silver again. Subsequently, she ended her active career and devoted herself to her profession. She concluded a master's degree at Boston College as a nurse , and worked since 2004 as an orthopedic nurse practitioner at New England Baptist Hospital . She also serves as the Boston Celtics medical coordinator from the National Basketball Association .

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alumni Spotlight - Tara Mounsey '01. Brown University , October 22, 2014, accessed March 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Meet NEBH Olympic Athlete: Tara Mounsey, NP. In: Live in Motion. New England Baptist Hospital, February 6, 2018, accessed March 24, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mounsey, Tara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mounsey, Tara Lynn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Concord , New Hampshire