Courtney Kennedy

{{short description|American ice hockey player}}

{{About|an ice hockey player|the daughter of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy|Kennedy family#Genealogy}}

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| name = Courtney Kennedy

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 29, 1979}}

| birth_place = Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.

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{{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey }}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Tournament }}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Turin | Tournament }}

{{MedalCompetition | IIHF World Women's Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2005 Sweden | Tournament }}

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Courtney Kennedy (born March 29, 1979) is an American ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/KE/Courtney-Kennedy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301090039/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/KE/Courtney-Kennedy |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |title=Courtney Kennedy: USA Hockey |publisher=Team USA |access-date=June 3, 2014}}

Kennedy was born in Woburn, Massachusetts. She went to elementary school at Reeves Elementary School. She played college hockey at Colby College before transferring to the University of Minnesota along with her sister Shannon. In 2008, Kennedy was inducted into the University of Minnesota M Club Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/072308aaa.html |title=Courtney Kennedy to be Inducted into M Club Hall of Fame |publisher=University of Minnesota Women's Hockey |access-date=June 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054609/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/072308aaa.html |archive-date=March 9, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

She is the former head coach of Buckingham Browne & Nichols girls' varsity ice hockey team. She is the current assistant head coach of the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey team.{{cite web|url=http://www.bceagles.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/kennedy_courtney00.html |title=Courtney Kennedy |publisher=Boston College Eagles |access-date=June 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005507/http://www.bceagles.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/kennedy_courtney00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2014 }}

Kennedy is on the executive board of USA Hockey. She is the assistant director of the Kennedy School of Hockey.