Marika Lehtimäki

Marika Johanna Lehtimäki (born 7 February 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player.[1] She played 83 international matches with the Finnish national team and was on the bronze medal winning rosters in the women's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics and at the IIHF World Women's Championship 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]

Marika Lehtimäki
Born (1975-02-07) 7 February 1975
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 Ilves
National team  Finland
Playing career 19881998

In Finland, she played her entire club career with the Tampereen Ilves of the Naisten SM-sarja and won four consecutive Finnish Championships in 1990 to 1993.[4]

References

  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. Tampere: Finnish Ice Hockey Association & Liiga. Egmont. ISSN 0784-3321.


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