Ruggiero Joins IOC Commission
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Four-time Olympian and
former Harvard standout Angela Ruggiero (Simi Valley, Calif.), who
most recently earned a silver medal as part of the 2010 U.S.
Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team, was appointed to the Evaluation
Commission that will inspect the three cities competing to host the
2018 Olympic Winter Games, as announced by the International
Olympic Committee.
Ruggiero is one of four Americans on the 11-member panel that is
composed of representatives and advisors of the Olympic movement.
The 2018 IOC Evaluation Commission will travel to potential host
cities Munich, Germany; Annecy, France; and Pyeongchang, South
Korea, for on-site inspections from Feb. 8-March 5, 2011. Ruggiero
was previously named to the IOC Athletes' Commission during the
2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C.
A member of the U.S. Women's National Team since 1996,
Ruggiero was the youngest player (18) on the 1998 U.S. Olympic
Women's Team that won the first-ever gold medal in Olympic women's
hockey. In addition to earning silver with Team USA earlier this
year, she competed on the U.S. squads that captured the silver
medal in 2002 and the bronze medal in 2006. She was named the
tournament's top defenseman twice (2002, 2006) and to the
all-tournament team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She currently
holds the record as the all-time leader in games played for Team
USA (251).
Along with her Team USA experience, Ruggiero played four years at
Harvard University, where she was awarded the 2004 Patty Kazmaier
Memorial Award, given to the most outstanding player in NCAA
Division I women's ice hockey. She graduated cum laude from Harvard
with a bachelor's degree in government and is currently pursuing
her master's degree at the University of Minnesota. She has been
involved in many charitable causes including the ProSports MVP
Olympic Heroes Tour, Charles B. Wang Ice Hockey "Project Hope",
Right to Play, Teams of Angels and momsteam.com. In 2004, ESPN.com
named her one of the top-16 female athletes in the world.
For more information on the 2018 IOC Evaluation Commission, visit
the IOC website at Olympic.org.
