Laurie Baker (born November 6, 1976) is an American ice hockey player. She won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

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 ...

and a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

Awards and honors

*1997 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) *Inducted into the Providence College Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, February 13, 2016.

Personal life

Laurie Baker lives in Concord, MA, with her husband, Craig, and two kids. She also works as the assistant athletic director at Concord Academy.

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1976 births American women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Concord, Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Providence Friars women's ice hockey players {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub