Cheryl Pounder is a women's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. Pounder plays defense for the Canadian Women's Hockey League

Canadian Women's Hockey League

The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....

's Mississauga Chiefs

Mississauga Chiefs

The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga , Ontario. The team has played in the National Women's Hockey League and after in the Canadian Women's Hockey League...

, and competed in the 2002

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 and 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

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She attended high school at St. Martin Secondary School

St. Martin Secondary School

St. Martin Secondary School is a school in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board family of schools. It is located in Mississauga, Ontario.-FIRST Robotics Competition:...

 in Mississauga, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. She was also the captain of the ice hockey team at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University. Although born in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, she lives in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario and calls that city her hometown. Cheryl Pounder was part of the team that won the Under-18 Canadian National women’s ice hockey championship. Pounder was also a member of the 1992 Women’s World Roller Hockey championship team.

CWHL

With the Beatrice Aeros, Pounder competed in three Women’s Canadian National hockey championships from 1999 to 2001. The Aeros won bronze in 1999 and 2001, and won the gold in 2000. Pounder was the Master of Ceremonies at the 2010 CWHL Draft

2010 CWHL Draft

On August 12, the Canadian Women's Hockey League hosted the 2010 CWHL Draft. The event was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto at 7:00pm. The first overall selection was former Ohio State hockey player and Olympic gold medallist Tessa Bonhomme...

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Career highlights

• Two Olympic gold medals (2002, 2006)
• Five World Championship gold medals (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004) and one silver (2005)
• Seven Nations Cup gold medals (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005) and one silver (2003)
• All-Star selection, 2005 IIHF women's world hockey championships

Awards and honors

• CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09
• Top Defender, Pool A, 2007 Esso Canadian Women's Nationals
• Top Defender at the 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship
• NWHL West First All-Star Team, 1999-00
• COWHL Second All-Star Team, 1996–97

CIS honors

• 1995-96 OUA Second Team All-Star
• 1996-97 OUA Second Team All-Star
• 1997-98 OUA First Team All-Star
• 1998 Wilfrid Laurier athletics President's Award
• 2005 Inductee, Laurier Golden Hawk Hall of Fame