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Did Wayne Gretzky play in the 2002 Winter Olympics?

Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky did not compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had retired from the sport in 1999. The only Winter Olympics that he participated in as a player was the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. However, he did serve as executive director of Canada’s national ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002 and in Turin in 2006.