Jennifer Salling (born 4 July 1987) is a Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning

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and professional

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player. She played

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and

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, and won a national championship at Washington in 2009. She has also played professionally in the

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for the

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, Pennsylvania Rebellion and most recently the

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. She represented

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at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she set the tournament

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record for a single Olympic games, and won a bronze medal.

Career

Salling began her

career at

in 2007, before transferring to

in 2008. She won a national championship at Washington in 2009. Salling was drafted third overall by the

in the

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and played for them from 2011–14. She most recently played for the

Team Canada

Salling represented

at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Salling again represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the tournament, she hit .571 (8-for-14) to break Lisa Fernandez's tournament record. She also recorded five RBIs on two doubles and a homer to slug .928%, walking six times in six games. She also had one of her hits in the bronze medal game against

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in a 3–2 victory for Team Canada.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salling, Jennifer 1987 births Living people Canadian softball players Olympic softball players for Canada Oregon Ducks softball players Pennsylvania Rebellion players Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Burnaby USSSA Pride players Washington Huskies softball players Softball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Softball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Softball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in softball Pan American Games medalists in softball