Kathleen Anne Kauth (born March 28, 1979 in
Saratoga Springs, New York) is an American
ice hockey player, formerly playing for the
Brampton Thunder, when they were affiliated with the
NWHL NWHL may refer to:
* National Women's Hockey League, the original name of the Premier Hockey Federation, a professional women's hockey league established in 2015
*National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007), a defunct professional women's hockey l ...
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Playing career
USA Hockey
Kauth made the pre-Olympic cut for the 2002 United States Olympic hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
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CWHL
Kauth, along with such as Allyson Fox, Kim McCullough, along with national team members
Sami Jo Small and
Jennifer Botterill spearheaded an initiative to form the
Canadian Women's Hockey League. The players worked with a group of volunteer business people to form the CWHL by following the example of the National Lacrosse League. The league would be responsible for all travel, ice rental and uniform costs, plus some equipment.
Personal
Kauth graduated from
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
in pre-med in 2001. Kauth is also a mother to two daughters and son with her partner, four-time Canadian Olympian,
Jayna Hefford. Both have also served on the coaching staff for the Toronto Lady Blues women's ice hockey program under head coach
Vicky Sunohara.
Kauth's father, Don, was killed on
September 11, 2001 while working in the
World Trade Center for
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., ''a Stifel Company'', is an investment banking firm headquartered in New York City, specializing exclusively in the financial services sector. KBW's primary business lines include research, corporate finance, equi ...
.
Kathleen Kauth at Sports Reference
/ref> He was employed as a bank analyst on the 85th floor of the South Tower, the second tower struck by a plane on that tragic day.
References
External links
Kathleen Kauth's U.S. Olympic Team bio
1979 births
Living people
American expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
American women's ice hockey forwards
Brampton Thunder players
Brown Bears women's ice hockey players
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players from New York (state)
Lesbian sportswomen
LGBT ice hockey players
LGBT people from New York (state)
American LGBT sportspeople
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Sportspeople from Saratoga Springs, New York
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