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Finnish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Marika Lehtimäki
Born (1975-02-07) 7 February 1975 (age 49)Tampere, Finland
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Tampereen IlvesIlves-Kiekko
National team Finland
Playing career c. 1986–1998
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Ice hockey World Championship Bronze medal – third place 1994 United States Bronze medal – third place 1992 Finland Bronze medal – third place 1990 Canada European Championship Gold medal – first place 1995 Latvia Gold medal – first place 1993 Denmark Gold medal – first place 1991 Czechoslovakia Bronze medal – third place 1996 Russia

Marika Johanna Lehtimäki (born 7 February 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team.[1] She played 83 international matches with the national team and was on the bronze medal winning rosters in the women's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1990, 1992, and 1994.[2] With the Finnish national team she also won four IIHF European Championship medals, three gold and one bronze.[3]

In Finland, she played the majority of her senior club career with the Tampereen Ilves in the Naisten SM-sarja and won four consecutive Finnish Championships with the team from 1990 to 1993.[4] Lehtimäki led the league in assists in the 1994–95 season, notching 28 assists in 24 games, while playing on Ilves' top line with Marianne Ihalainen and Sari Marjamäki.

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1990 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 0 5 5 0
1991 Finland EW 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 4 5 9 0
1992 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 2 5 2
1993 Finland EW 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 4 5 0
1994 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2 3 5 0
1995 Finland EW 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 7 3 10 0
1996 Finland EW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 1 3 4 0
1998 Finland OG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2 3 5 0
Senior totals 38 20 28 48 2

Sources: [5]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marika Lehtimäki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ Seukonen, Martin; Arponen, Antti; Grahn, Tuija (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat: Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906-2000 (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 169. ISBN 9519867317.
  4. ^ Torvinen, Jukka, ed. (2007). "Jääkiekkokirja 2007-2008: Suomen jääkiekkoliiton ja SM-liigan virallinen kausijulkaisu". Jääkiekkokirja. Tampere: Finnish Ice Hockey Association & Liiga. ISSN 0784-3321.
  5. ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 675. ISBN 9780986796470.