Kaleigh Rafter (born August 18, 1986) is a Canadian

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player.

Career

Rafter has been part of the national women's team since 2007. Rafter represented her country at the

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, China, where the team finished fourth. Rafter has represented Canada at four Pan American Games:

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and

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, winning medals at all four events, including a gold medal in 2015 on home soil. Rafter was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in May 2021.

References

1986 births Canadian softball players Living people Sportspeople from Guelph Olympic softball players of Canada Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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 medalists in softball Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in softball 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 {{Canada-softball-bio-stub