Petra Vaarakallio

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Petra Vaarakallio
Born (1975-06-17) 17 June 1975 (age 47)
Helsinki, Finland
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Kiekko-Espoo
Espoo Blues
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Playing career 19922006
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano Ice hockey
IIHF World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Finland
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 United States
IIHF European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Latvia
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Denmark
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Russia
Ringette
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Finland

Petra Maria Paulina Vaarakallio (born 17 June 1975 in Helsinki) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and ringette player. [1] [2] She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal. [3] Vaarakallio scored the first-ever goal in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.

Vaarakallio won the 1992 World Ringette Championships bronze. She stopped playing ringette after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice.

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References

  1. "Ice Hockey | Finland make hockey history". BBC News. 8 February 1998. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petra Vaarakallio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. 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.