{{Short description|Canadian soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Taryn Swiatek | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|2|4}} | birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | height = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs1 = University of Calgary | years1 = 2003–2007 | clubs1 = Ottawa Fury | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2004 | clubs2 = → Fortuna Hjørring (loan)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/71798.html | title=Swiatek joins top European club | date=April 1, 2004 | accessdate=March 1, 2014 | publisher=United Soccer Leagues (USL) | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306063547/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/71798.html | archivedate=March 6, 2014 }}</ref> | caps2 = | goals2 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 2001–2007 | nationalteam1 = Canada | nationalcaps1 = 27 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's soccer}} {{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2003 Santo Domingo|Team}} {{Medal|Bronze|2007 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} }} '''Taryn Swiatek''' (born February 4, 1981, in Calgary, Alberta<ref name="canadian soccer">[http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/profile_w.asp?id=26&sub=2 Profile of Taryn Swiatek by the Canadian Soccer Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123142156/http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/profile_w.asp?id=26&sub=2 |date=2005-11-23 }}; URL last accessed February 22, 2006.</ref>) is a retired Canadian professional soccer player. Swiatek played as goalkeeper for the Canada national team, which placed fourth in the FIFA Women's World Cup competition in 2003.<ref name="calgarysun">Maxwell, Cameron, [http://cgi.canoe.com/Slam020127/cis_soc_cal-sun.html "Swiatek sets sights on China"]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''Calgary Sun'', ''Canadian Online Explorer'', January 27, 2002.</ref><ref name="cansoc retire">[http://www.canadasoccer.com/taryn-swiatek-annonce-sa-retraite-p144701 Taryn Swiatek announces her retirement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820211912/http://www.canadasoccer.com/taryn-swiatek-annonce-sa-retraite-p144701 |date=2016-08-20 }} Canada Soccer, January 30, 2008.</ref> She also joined with the Ottawa Fury soccer team in the W-League.<ref>[http://www.ottawafury.com/wleague/Profiles/taryn_swiatek.htm "Profile of Taryn Swiatek by Ottawa Fury"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060328104324/http://www.ottawafury.com/wleague/Profiles/taryn_swiatek.htm |date=2006-03-28 }}; URL last accessed February 22, 2006.</ref> Swiatek formally announced her retirement from the game of soccer in late January 2008.<ref name="cansoc retire" />
==Education== After graduating from Western Canada High School Swiatek attended the University of Calgary, where she played on the Dino's soccer team.<ref name="calgarysun" /> She played for the Dinos from 1999 to 2001 and sat out the 2002 season with a knee injury.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/march19-04/swiatek.html | title=Former Dino earns award | publisher=University of Calgary | accessdate=March 1, 2014 | last=Kotarski | first=Kotarski | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128110117/http://www.ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/march19-04/swiatek.html | archivedate=November 28, 2005 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} <br> {{Canada squad 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup}} {{Canada squad 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swiatek, Taryn}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Soccer players from Calgary Category:Sportswomen from Alberta Category:Canadian women's soccer players Category:Canada women's international soccer players Category:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Category:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Category:Calgary Dinos women's soccer players Category:Western Canada High School alumni Category:Women's association football goalkeepers Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in football Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada in football Category:Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Ottawa Fury (women) players Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players Category:Fortuna Hjørring players Category:A-Liga players Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:University and college women's soccer players in Canada Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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