Former Olympian Angela Ruggiero, who won medals as part of the U.S. women’s hockey team over three winter Games, pledged to donate her brain for concussion research, it was announced by the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
Ruggiero is a four-time Olympian who participated as recently as 2010 and has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Undoubtedly she took a few hits in her playing career, and it’s what Ruggiero is doing now that could prove even more useful in a study of her brain.
Aside from serving in two capacities at the International Olympic Committee’s highest levels, Ruggiero also founded and is the CEO of Sports Innovation Lab.