Tiia Reima

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Tiia Reima
Born (1973-02-01) 1 February 1973 (age 49)
Tampere, Finland
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for
Ilves Tampere


Ladies Team Lugano
Espoo Blues
National team  Finland
Playing career 1985–2011
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1994 United States
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Canada
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Latvia
Gold medal – first place 1993 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 1991 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1989 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Russia

Tiia-Riitta Johanna Reima (born 1 February 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. A trailblazer of women's ice hockey in Finland, her career with the Finnish national ice hockey team began in the early days of women’s international ice hockey competition, the late 1980s, and spanned nearly two decades. During her tenure with the national team, she was one of Finland’s most productive and decorated forwards,[1] winning five IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, five IIHF European Women Championship medals (four gold and one bronze), and an Olympic bronze in 1998.[2][3]

Reima’s club career spanned 26 seasons and was played in Finland with , Ilves Tampere, , and the Espoo Blues of the Naisten SM-sarja, and in Switzerland with and Ladies Team Lugano of the Leistungsklasse A (LKA; a.k.a. SWHL A).[4] She served as assistant coach to the Espoo Blues during the , in which they won the Aurora Borealis Cup (Finnish Women’s Ice Hockey Championship), and to Espoo United during the , in which they achieved silver in the Finnish Championship.[5]

Prior too the , the Naisten SM-sarja renamed its annual award recognizing the top goal scorer in the regular season, dubbing it the Tiia Reima Award.[6] The rebranding of the league as Naisten Liiga, which occurred prior to the , did not impact the trophy, which has been awarded in every season since its renaming.

References[]

  1. ^ "Legends of Hockey – Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tiia Reima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Player Profile: Tiia Reima". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Team Staff Profile: Tiia Reima". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Jääkiekkoliitto uudisti palkinnot: Pokaaleihin nimet Selänne, Koivu, Räty, Javanainen..." MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 November 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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