Hayley Wickenheiser

Background: Wickenheiser was born on August 12, 1978, in Shaunavon, Saskachewan.

Adoption: Wickenheiser adopted her boyfriend's son, Noah, almost 5 years ago. Wickenheiser has been in the child's life since he was about a month old.

Olympic Record: Wickenheiser competes in the Women's Ice Hockey event for Canada. Her accomplishments include:

1998 - silver medal at the Nagano Games.

2002 - gold medal at the Salt Lake Games

2006 - currently in progress.

2000 - Wickenheiser is also one of Canada's top international softball players. She became the second Canadian woman to participate in both a summer and winter Olympics when she competed 2000 Games in Sydney.

Known for ...: being one of the best woman hockey players in the world and has been called the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey.

Fun Facts:

The distant cousin of former NHL player Doug Wickenheiser.

Became the first female hockey player to score a point in a men's professional game on Jan. 11, 2003.

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