Ben Smith
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Ben Smith is an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to its first Olympic gold medal in 1998 and for his long, influential career in international women’s hockey.
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| instanceOf |
American
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human → ice hockey coach → |
| awardReceived |
AHCA Women's Ice Hockey Founders Award
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USA Hockey Distinguished Achievement Award → induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame → induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame → |
| coachedAtEvent |
1998 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament
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2002 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament → 2006 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament → |
| coachedTeam |
Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey
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Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey → Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey → U.S. women's national under-22 ice hockey team → United States men's national ice hockey team → United States women's national ice hockey team → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1941-07-21
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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| employer |
Boston University
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Dartmouth College NERFINISHED → Northeastern University NERFINISHED → USA Hockey → |
| fieldOfWork |
women's ice hockey
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| genre |
international women's ice hockey coaching
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| influenced |
growth of international women's ice hockey
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| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOfSportsTeam |
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
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| notableFor |
coaching the United States women's national ice hockey team
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long, influential career in international women's hockey → winning the first Olympic gold medal in women's ice hockey for the United States in 1998 → |
| notableWork |
development of the U.S. women's national ice hockey program
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| occupation |
ice hockey coach
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ice hockey player → |
| participatedIn |
1998 Winter Olympics
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2002 Winter Olympics → 2006 Winter Olympics → |
| placeOfBirth |
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld |
head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team
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| residence |
Massachusetts, United States
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| sport |
ice hockey
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| sportDisciplineCoached |
men's ice hockey
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women's ice hockey → |
| teamAchievement |
Olympic bronze medal in women's ice hockey at Turin 2006
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Olympic gold medal in women's ice hockey at Nagano 1998 → Olympic silver medal in women's ice hockey at Salt Lake City 2002 → |
Referenced by (1)
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IIHF Hall of Fame 2016
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hasInductee |