Sara Säkkinen
| Sara Säkkinen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
7 April 1998 Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NCAA team Former teams |
Ohio State Buckeyes Tampereen Ilves Team Kuortane | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
Sara Säkkinen (born 7 April 1998) is a Finnish ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I. As a member of the Finnish national team she participated in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship[1] and won bronze medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2018 Winter Olympic Games.[2]
Personal life[]
Säkkinen's hometown is Pirkkala.
The 2021–22 academic year is her senior year at Ohio State University, where she is majoring in health and physical education.[3]
See also[]
- List of Finnish women in North American collegiate ice hockey
- List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
References[]
- ^ 2016 World Championship roster Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sara Säkkinen at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Sara Saekkinen". Ohio State Buckeyes. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Sara Säkkinen at Olympedia
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey people from Tampere
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ilves Naiset players
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Team Kuortane players
- Finnish ice hockey player stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs