Canadian ice hockey player

Sarah Nurse

Sarah Nurse 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, two silvers, and one bronze (2019).

Born

1995

January 4

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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1995 Born

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The world in 1995

When Sarah arrived

april 19 Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
april 7 First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
august 10 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
august 11 The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills 3 and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.

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Alvin Kamara 1995– American football player Arfa Karim 1995–2012 Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012) Claressa Shields 1995– American boxer and mixed martial artist Emma Corrin 1995– English actor Jack Laugher 1995– English diver James Guy 1995– English swimmer Kehlani 1995– American singer-songwriter Kendall Jenner 1995– American television personality and model Leon Draisaitl 1995– German ice hockey player

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