Joey Lye
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| Born | May 4, 1987 Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joey Lye (born May 4, 1987) is a Canadian softball player.[1]
Career
[edit]Lye has competed at three Pan American Games. At the 2011 Pan American Games, Lye won silver. At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, she won the gold medal, and again at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, winning silver.[1]
She was the head softball coach at Bucknell from 2018 to 2020 before stepping down to pursue her Olympic dream.[2]
In June 2021, Lye was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[3][4] She is openly lesbian.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Joey Lye". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bucknell Head Softball Coach Joey Lye Steps Away to Pursue Olympic Dream". Bucknell Bison Athletics. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (12 May 2021). "Team Canada reveals roster for softball's Olympic return". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Canada names Olympic women's softball team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Polish Rower Comes Out After Winning Silver". GO Magazine. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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