Nancy Drolet (born August 2, 1973) is a Canadian ice hockey player, international public speaker and philanthropist.^[1] She is the daughter of Denis Drolet and Viviane Dubé. Nancy has won 6 gold medals for Canada with the Canadian women's hockey team. Drolet was named Sports Federation Canada Junior Athlete of the Year in 1992. After her Olympic career, she started traveling the world and giving conferences in schools. Drolet is famous for her phrase School is the foundation of every child.

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Nancy Drolet
Nancy Drolet giving a speech at her campaign's inauguration
Born	(1973-08-02) August 2, 1973 (age 50) Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Right
National team	Canada
Playing career	1992–2000
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's ice hockey Olympic games 1998 Nagano Tournament IIHF World Women's Championships 1992 Finland Tournament 1994 United States Tournament 1997 Canada Tournament 1999 Finland Tournament 2000 Canada Tournament 2001 United States Tournament

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Drolet was also an accomplished softball player and was a member of the Canadian National Softball team in 1990 and 1991.^[2] Drolet played for Team Quebec at the 1991 Canada Winter Games and was also a member of the Vancouver Griffins. Drolet played for the Sherbrooke Jofa-Titan squad in the League Régionale du Hockey au Féminin in the province of Québec. In 1994, Drolet would become the team captain, and its general manager.^[3]

She won a silver medal at the Nagano Olympic Games in Japan and played for her country in six world championships. She twice scored goals in overtime to help Canada to wins in the 1997 and 2000 world championships. In doing so, became the first person in the history of the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships to score two gold medal clinching goals in overtime. She accomplished the feats on April 6, 1997, and April 9, 2000.^[4] During the 1999–2000 season, Nancy Drolet played for the Sainte-Julie Pantheres and scored 29 goals and added 17 assists.^[5] She played also for Vancouver Griffins (2001–02 and 2002–03).

After her career in female hockey representing Canada, she gave many conferences where she educated hundreds of thousands of kids in schools across the country on environmental issues, health issues, and personal development. She also participated in multiple conferences internationally when it comes to subjects of health, athletic therapy, motivation, etc. Nancy became an entrepreneur in the physical therapy field and owned multiple clinics across the province. During the covid pandemic, she was one of the first people to become a Health and social services assistant when the Canadian forces were sent in to assist the crisis at the beginning of the pandemic.

• 1993 Junior Athlete of the Year (selected by the Sports Federation of Canada) ^[6]

In 1994, she married her long-time partner Natalie Allaire in Quebec. Nancy and Natalie have one child together. Nancy has always traveled throughout her career and is looking to plant her roots with her long-time partner Natalie in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie.

Drolet ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election in the riding of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie.^[7]