Bailey, Chris (1972–)

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Bailey, Chris (1972–)

American ice hockey player. Born Feb 5, 1972, in Marietta, NY; graduate of Providence College, 1994.

Won a team gold medal at Nagano (1998), the 1st Olympics to feature women's ice hockey; won a team silver medal at World championships (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001) and a team silver at Salt Lake City Olympics (2002).

See also Mary Turco, Crashing the Net: The U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team and the Road to Gold (HarperCollins, 1999); and Women in World History.

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