Sara Säkkinen
| Sara Säkkinen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
7 April 1998 Pirkkala, Finland | ||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Djurgårdens IF Hockey | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
Sara Säkkinen (born 7 April 1998) is a Finnish ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam. Her college ice hockey career was spent with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.
As a member of the Finnish national team she participated in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship[1] and won bronze medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Säkkinen's hometown is Pirkkala.[3]
She holds a bachelor's degree in health sciences from Ohio State University.[3]
She is pursuing a Masters in Public Health Sciences from Stockholm University.
See also
[edit]- List of Finnish women in North American collegiate ice hockey
- List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
References
[edit]- ^ 2016 World Championship roster Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sara Säkkinen at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Women's Ice Hockey 2021-22 Roster: #25 Sara Saekkinen, Forward". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Sara Säkkinen at Olympedia
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- 1998 births
- Living people
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- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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- Ice hockey people from Tampere
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ilves Naiset players
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
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