Joey Lye
Personal information
Born (1987-05-04) May 4, 1987 (age 36)
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara

Joey Lye (born May 4, 1987) is a Canadian softball player.[1]

Career

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

  1. ^ a b "Joey Lye". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2021.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Bucknell Head Softball Coach Joey Lye Steps Away to Pursue Olympic Dream". Bucknell Bison Athletics. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ Nichols, Paula (12 May 2021). "Team Canada reveals roster for softball's Olympic return". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Canada names Olympic women's softball team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Polish Rower Comes Out After Winning Silver". GO Magazine. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-29.


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