Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill (born on May 1, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team.

She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah. She won her second gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin; playing forward.

Botterill played college hockey for Harvard University from 1998-2003. She holds the NCAA career scoring record (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points). She scored at least one point in 106 of her 107 career NCAA games (including a streak of 80 consecutive games). She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice, and twice in a row, as the top player in NCAA women's hockey.

Botterill normally plays for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

Personal life

For high school, she attended the National Sport School (Canada) [http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b830/] . Jennifer's brother, Jason Botterill, was a player for the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League. She started playing hockey at the age of 13. Her family was very involved with sports and her mother was a speed skater. Jennifer attended St. John's-Ravenscourt School from grade seven, and graduated there. She went on from SJR to attend school at Harvard University. She studied psychology and has recently graduated.

References

* [http://slam.canoe.ca/2002GamesTeamCanadaBiosA2M/botterill.html Jennifer Botterill biography at Canoe.com]
* [http://www.caaws.ca/e/article.cfm?id=287 "Toronto Aeros Win Hockey Nationals"] , "Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity", March 13, 2005.
* [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/20/Sports/whockey_gold060220.html "Canada's golden girls"] , "CBC Sports", February 20, 2006.
* [http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/jenniferbotterill Jennifer Botterill on Real Champions]


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