Kati Kovalainen

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Kati Kovalainen
Born (1975-01-24) 24 January 1975 (age 49)
Leppävirta, Finland
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Imatran Ketterä
KalPa Kuopio
Keravan Shakers
Espoo Blues
IHK Helsinki
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
HPK Hämeenlinna
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Playing career 19912010
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Finland
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 China
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Finland
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Latvia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Russia

Katariina Johanna "Kati" Kovalainen (born 24 January 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, at nine IIHF Women's World Championships, and at two IIHF European Women Championships. [1]

Her club career spanned nineteen seasons and was played in the Finnish Naisten SM-sarja with the Imatran Ketterä, Kalevan Pallo Naiset, the Keravan Shakers, the Espoo Blues Naiset, and HPK Kiekkonaiset; and in the Russian Women's Hockey League with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kati Kovalainen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2019.