Taryn Swiatek (born February 4, 1981 in

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Profile of Taryn Swiatek by the Canadian Soccer Association
; URL last accessed February 22, 2006.) is a retired Canadian professional soccer player. Swiatek played as goalkeeper for the Canada national team, which placed fourth in the

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competition in 2003.Maxwell, Cameron
"Swiatek sets sights on China"
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'', January 27, 2002.Taryn Swiatek announces her retirement
Canada Soccer, January 30, 2008. She also joined with the Ottawa Fury

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team in the W-League. Swiatek formally announced her retirement from the game of soccer in late January 2008.

Education

After graduating from

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Swiatek attended the

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, where she played on the Dino's soccer team. She played for the Dinos from 1999 to 2001 and sat out the 2002 season with a knee injury.

References

1981 births Living people Soccer players from Calgary Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Calgary Dinos soccer players People educated at Western Canada High School Women's association football goalkeepers Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Ottawa Fury (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Fortuna Hjørring players Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub