Renata Fast
| Renata Fast | |||
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Renata Fast playing for Team Canada in 2017 | |||
| Born |
October 6, 1994 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
Toronto Sceptres | ||
| National team | Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Renata Fast (born October 6, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She is a two-time Olympic medallist, having won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Fast has won seven medals at the IIHF Women's World Championship, including gold medals in 2021, 2022, and 2024. At the 2024 World Championship, she was named Best Defender and selected to the Media All-Star team.
Fast won the 2024–25 PWHL Defender of the Year Award and was named a finalist for the Billie Jean King Most Valuable Player Award after leading the league in assists (16) and time on ice among defencemen. She was also a two-time PWHL All-Star. Previously, she played for the Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), where she was a finalist for Rookie of the Year in 2016–17.
Fast played college ice hockey at Clarkson, where she won the 2014 NCAA National Championship and was named to the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team. She also scored the fastest goal in NCAA Tournament history (10 seconds) in her senior year.