Sarah Forster

Sarah Forster
Sarah Forster
	Forster with Linköping HC during the 2015 Swedish Championship finals
Born	19 May 1993; Berneck, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
PHF team; Former teams	Metropolitan Riveters; AIK Hockey; Leksands IF; Brynäs IF; EV Bomo Thun; HC Université Neuchâtel; Linköping HC; Ladies Team Lugano;
National team	Switzerland
Playing career	2011–present
Olympic Games
World Championship

Sarah Forster (born 19 May 1993) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national team, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Metropolitan Riveters. A three-time Olympian, she won a bronze medal with Switzerland in the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics and competed in the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[1]^[2] Forster has participated in seven IIHF Women's World Championships during 2012 to 2021, and won a bronze medal at the 2012 tournament.

Personal life

Forster comes from a hockey playing family. Her father, Marcel, played in the National League B (NLB) throughout the 1980s and served as assistant coach to HC Ajoie during 2011 to 2015. Her two younger siblings play ice hockey in Swiss leagues – Gaëtan (born 1997) in the 2. Liga of the Regio League and Justine (born 2001) in the Swiss Women's Hockey League B (SWHL B).^[3]

References

↑ "Athletes: Sarah FORSTER". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
↑ "Swiss name 48 players". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
↑ "Le Jura comme point d'encrage …". HC Delémont-Vallée (in French). 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Sarah Forster at Olympedia
Sarah Forster at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[1] "Athletes: Sarah FORSTER". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

[2] "Swiss name 48 players". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[3] "Le Jura comme point d'encrage …". HC Delémont-Vallée (in French). 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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