Claire THOMPSON

Canada

Ice Hockey

Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1998

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: TORONTO, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ice Hockey	Women CAN Canada	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Indoor Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #2 CAN Canada 12 SUI Switzerland 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #7 CAN Canada 11 FIN Finland 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #13 ROC ROC 1 CAN Canada 6	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #17 USA United States 2 CAN Canada 4	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals #22 CAN Canada 11 SWE Sweden 0	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Play-offs Semifinals #25 CAN Canada 10 SUI Switzerland 3	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Gold Medal Game #28 CAN Canada 3 USA United States 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Women's World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN

Hobbies:

Reading, sailing, spending time at the cottage with family.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Received a bachelor's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University (NJ, USA) in 2020.

Family:

Father, Ian (nuclear engineer). Mother, Kristy (financial analyst). Older sister, Jennifer. Younger sister, Gillian.

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Toronto

Position style:

Defence

Hand:

Left

Sporting relatives:

Sister Jennifer Thompson (Ice hockey): Played collegiately for Dalhousie University from 2015 to 2018.

Debut:

2021 World Championships

National league:

Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA)

Start:

Started skating at age three and started playing hockey the next year. (olympic.ca)

Hero:

Ice hockey player Courtney Birchard (CAN), world champion in 2012. (olympic.ca)

Philosophy:

“Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.” (olympic.ca)

Award:

Second Team All-Ivy (2020)
Academic All-Ivy League (2020)
First Team All-Ivy (2019)
AHCA All-America Scholar (2018, 2019, 2020)
ECAC All-Academic Team (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

General Interest

SCHOOL
Attended Martingrove Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON.

PLAYING CAREER
Toronto Aeros, CAN (2013-16); Princeton Tigers, USA (2016-20).

Milestones

Set an Olympic record, scoring 13 points as a defender in the women's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Captain of the conference-championship winning Princeton team in her senior season (2019/20).

Social Media

Legend

#:: Game
:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event

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