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Hayley Wickenheiser

1978 - Today

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Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser was a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team for 23 years, from 1994 until announcing her retirement on January 13, 2017, and is the team's career points leader with 168 goals and 211 assists in 276 games. She represented Canada at the Winter Olympics five times, capturing four gold and one silver medal and twice being named tournament MVP, and one time at the Summer Olympics in softball, and is a seven-time winner of the world championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hayley Wickenheiser is the 1,986th most popular athlete (up from 2,244th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Canada (up from 688th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hayley Wickenheiser ranks 1,986 out of 6,025. Before her are Mariya Pinigina, Valery Muratov, Arvid Spångberg, Natalya Sokolova, Joaquim Cruz, and Liv Grete Skjelbreid. After her are Arkadiusz Godel, Mariya Pisareva, Benjamin Bradshaw, Frank Ullrich, Faith Kipyegon, and Masushi Ouchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Hayley Wickenheiser ranks 232. Before her are Emile Heskey, Paul Banks, Carmen Kass, Elisabetta Canalis, Sarit Hadad, and Ha Jung-woo. After her are Kim Sa-rang, Luis von Ahn, Wang Liqin, Alena Šeredová, Geoffrey Arend, and Louise Brown.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Hayley Wickenheiser ranks 637 out of 1,622. Before her are K.d. lang (1961), Marie Prevost (1896), Richard Harmon (1991), Charles Coughlin (1891), Justin Chatwin (1982), and James Arthur (1944). After her are Anne Dorval (1960), Ross Cuthbert (1892), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Guy Delisle (1966), Martin Kamen (1913), and Ken Kirzinger (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Hayley Wickenheiser ranks 37. Before her are Francisco Fernández (null), Ernest Hamilton (1883), Mary Frizzell (1913), Eva Dawes (1912), Harold McMunn (1902), and Cyril Slater (1896). After her are John Porter (1904), Frank Amyot (1904), George Cloutier (1876), Aileen Meagher (1910), Calvin Bricker (1884), and Lorne Loomer (1937).

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