Sara DeCosta-Hayes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Warwick, RI, USA |
May 13, 1977 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hockey East team | Providence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team |
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Playing career | 1995–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Ann DeCosta (born May 13, 1977) is an American ice hockey player from Warwick, Rhode Island, an alumna of Toll Gate High School. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
DeCosta was named by Brandeis University, a contemporary Jewish sports heroine.
She is the daughter of Nancy and Frank DeCosta.