Satu Tuominen

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Satu Tuominen
Born (1985-11-19) 19 November 1985 (age 39)
Vantaa, Finland
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Playing career 2001–2016
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Finland
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Harbin Ice hockey

Satu Tuominen (born 19 November 1985) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She played in more than 110 international matches with the Finnish national team, won two IIHF Women's World Championship bronze medals, and participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [1] With the Finnish national team, she won IIHF Worlds bronze medals in 2004 and 2009.

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Playing career

Tuominen spent the entirety of her club career in Finland and played eleven seasons in the top-tier Naisten SM-sarja (NSMs; renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). She made her Naisten SM-sarja debut with the Espoo Blues in the 2001–02 Naisten SM-sarja season and went on to play the next seven seasons with the team, winning the Finnish Championship seven times across her eight seasons with the club. [2]

She joined Alavuden Peli-Veikot (APV) in the 2009–10 Naisten SM-sarja season, playing in two regular season games and eleven games of the post-season relegation series. After two seasons with the women's representative team of S-Kiekko  [ fi ] in the third-tier Naisten Suomi-sarja, Tuominen returned to the Naisten SM-sarja as a player for Team Oriflame in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Satu Tuominen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: Satu Tuominen". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 February 2024.


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