Kathryn Karen King (born May 24, 1975) is an American

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player. Raised in

Salem, New Hampshire Salem is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 30,089 at the 2020 census. Being located on Interstate 93 as the first town in New Hampshire, which lacks any state sales tax, Salem has grown into a commer ...

, she won a gold medal at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

, silver medal at the

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and 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 ...

. She 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 1997. While at Brown, she also played softball, and was selected as the Ivy League Softball Player of the Year in 1996. King graduated from

in 1997 with 123 goals and 83 assists in 100 games. King also played for the US National Women's Team. At six World Championships, King registered 36 points in 30 games. At the 2001 tournament, she had a tournament-high seven goals. She also played for the 2005 gold medal winning team. At the end of her Olympic career, she ranked first all time amongst Americans in Olympic scoring with 23 points. She has won gold (Nagano), silver (Salt Lake City) and bronze (Torino) during her Olympic career. In 2003, King became an assistant women's ice hockey coach for the

Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey The Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey team represent Boston College in the NCAA and participate in Hockey East. The Eagles are coached by former Olympic gold medallist Katie King-Crowley and play their home games at Conte Forum. They have w ...

program and was named the head coach in 2007 following the resignation of former head coach

Tom Mutch Tom Mutch (born June 16, 1967) is an American former ice hockey coach of the Boston College women's ice hockey team. Playing career Mutch played his college career with the Northeastern University Huskies from 1986 to 1988. Afterwards, he pl ...

Head coaching record

Awards and honors

* 2006 USA Hockey Women 's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) * 2×

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(2015, 2016)

NCAA

*1994 Kate Silver '86 Award (awarded by Brown University) *1996 All-ECAC Team *1997 Marjorie Brown Smith Award * 1997 ECAC Player of the Year Award

References

1975 births American women's ice hockey players Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey coaches Brown Bears women's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from New Hampshire Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey People from Salem, New Hampshire Sportspeople from Rockingham County, New Hampshire {{US-icehockey-bio-stub