Sandra Whyte-Sweeney (born August 24, 1970) is an American ice hockey player.
She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.Sandra Whyte Olympic medals and stats In the gold medal game, Whyte assisted on her team's first two goals and scored an empty-net goal to seal the United States' 3-1 win over Canada. It was the first gold medal awarded in women's ice hockey in Olympic history.
Career Whyte-Sweeney has stayed connected to the Olympic movement. She participated in the United States Olympic Committee's Summit program. These are a series of conferences that unite former Olympic gold medalists with medal hopefuls for the next Games with the goal of helping them mentally prepare for the challenge.
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