Marika Lehtimäki

Marika Johanna Lehtimäki (born 7 February 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team.[1] She played 83 international matches with the national team and was on the bronze medal winning rosters in the women's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1990, 1992, and 1994.[2] With the Finnish national team she also won four IIHF European Championship medals, three gold and one bronze.[3]

Marika Lehtimäki
Born (1975-02-07) 7 February 1975
Tampere, Finland
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Tampereen Ilves
Ilves-Kiekko
National team  Finland
Playing career c. 1986–1998
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 NaganoIce hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1994 United States
Bronze medal – third place1992 Finland
Bronze medal – third place1990 Canada
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Latvia
Gold medal – first place1993 Denmark
Gold medal – first place1991 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal – third place1996 Russia

In Finland, she played the majority of her senior club career with the Tampereen Ilves in the Naisten SM-sarja and won four consecutive Finnish Championships with the team from 1990 to 1993.[4] Lehtimäki led the league in assists in the 1994–95 season, notching 28 assists in 24 games, while playing on Ilves' top line with Marianne Ihalainen and Sari Marjamäki.

Career statistics

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1990 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 0 5 5 0
1991 Finland EW 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 4 5 9 0
1992 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 2 5 2
1993 Finland EW 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 4 5 0
1994 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2 3 5 0
1995 Finland EW 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 7 3 10 0
1996 Finland EW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 1 3 4 0
1998 Finland OG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2 3 5 0
Senior totals 38 20 28 48 2

Sources: [5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marika Lehtimäki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  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. Seukonen, Martin; Arponen, Antti; Grahn, Tuija (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat: Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906-2000 (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 169. ISBN 9519867317.
  4. Torvinen, Jukka, ed. (2007). "Jääkiekkokirja 2007-2008: Suomen jääkiekkoliiton ja SM-liigan virallinen kausijulkaisu". Jääkiekkokirja. Tampere: Finnish Ice Hockey Association & Liiga. Egmont. ISSN 0784-3321.
  5. Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 675. ISBN 9780986796470.
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