Renata Fast
Renata Fast (born October 6, 1994) is a women's ice hockey player for the Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She was a member of the Clarkson Golden Knights squad that captured the 2014 National Collegiate women's ice hockey championship title. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, held from November 4–8 in Sundsvall, Sweden. She went on to represent the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2016 4 Nations Cup in Vierumäki, Finland, November 1–5. She competed  in the 2017 Women's World Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States. She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. Playing career. NCAA. In her second year (2013–2014) the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey team made history by winning their schools first NCAA Championship. In the process, the team also became the first team from outside the WCHA to win the women's National Collegiate national championship. In her senior year she lived up to her surname by scoring the quickest goal in NCAA Tournament history, just 10 seconds in  for the game-winner against Quinnipiac in the NCAA quarterfinal game. Renata Fast served as an assistant captain in her Junior and Senior years. Recipient of Clarkson's Booster Club's Unsung Hero Award, which is presented to the player who always puts the team first and serves as an excellent role model to her teammates and the community. Hockey Canada. Selected for the Hockey Canada's National Women's Development Team 2014 and 2015 for the three-game series vs. the United States' Women's Under-22 National Team, played during August in Calgary (2014) and Lake Placid (2015) She  was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup). She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a silver medal at the 2017 Nations Cup in Germany. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, held from November 4–8 in Sundsvall, Sweden. Where they placed silver. She represented the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the same tournament in 2016, the 4 Nations  Cup in Vierumäki, Finland, Nov. 1–5. She competed in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States. She was selected for the 2017/2018 centralization roster in preparation for the 2018 Olympic Games to take place from February 9 to 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. She was named to the 2018 Olympic Games Canada women's national ice hockey team competing in Pyeongchang County, South Korea where she wore . The Canada women's national ice hockey team earned a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games in a shootout. On  January 11, 2022, Fast was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. CWHL. She was selected second overall by the Toronto Furies in the 2016 CWHL Draft. Personal & Family Life. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in Burlington, Ontario. Renata is the youngest of four siblings. Her siblings are Lindsey Fast (Sister), Christopher Fast (Brother), and Gregory Fast (Brother). Her parents are Sharon Fast (Mother), and Douglas Fast (Father).