Therese Brisson (born October 5, 1966) is a Canadian former

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player. Brisson played for the Canadian National and Olympic women's ice hockey team from 1993 to 2005. Brisson was a member of Team Canada’s gold medal winning team at the

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. She helped Canada win six World Championships in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004.Canadian Gold 2002, p. 115,

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, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2002. She earned a silver medal at the

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, Japan, which marked the first time that women’s hockey was played on an Olympic level.

Playing career

Brisson competed for the Ferland Quatre Glaces (first based out of Brossard, and then Repentigny) team in the League Régionale du Hockey au Féminin in the province of Québec. She studied

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’s

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, was named athlete of the year in 1988 and 1989, and in 1997, she was inducted into Concordia University’s Sports Hall of Fame. In 1994, Brisson made her debut for Team Canada at the World Championships, playing alongside such stalwarts as

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and France St. Louis. She would be named an All-Star defence at the tournament. Brisson was Team Canada’s Captain at the World Championships in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Brisson represented Team New Brunswick at the 1998

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. She scored one goal and an assists to defeat Team Saskatchewan and finish in fifth place. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Brisson led all Canadian defenders in scoring at the tournament. Brisson had two goals and three assists in helping Canada win its first gold medal in Women’s Olympic hockey. Brisson also played several seasons for

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, a professional women's ice hockey team in the

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. As part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program, Brisson was a Hockey Canada athlete ambassador that travelled to

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to participate in the July 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp.

Personal

After the Olympics, she completed a MBA at the

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. Brisson had completed a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Motor Control & Learning) at

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and was a former professor in kinesiology at the

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. Brisson was Marketing & Sales executive with over 16 years of CPG leadership experience at

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Canada and

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. She also served as a director on the boards of the

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from 2009-2021 and Own the Podium from 2005-2020. She was appointed President & CEO o
Alpine Canada
in August 2020.

Awards and honours

*1988 Concordia University Female Athlete of the Year (Sally Kemp Award) *1989 Concordia University Female Athlete of the Year (Sally Kemp Award) *Best Defender, 1998 Esso Nationals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brisson, Therese 1966 births Living people Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Concordia University alumni Ice hockey people from Quebec Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Dollard-des-Ormeaux Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada French Quebecers