Sára Čajanová

Sára Čajanová (born 10 December 2002) is a Czech ice hockey player for the Brynäs IF Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team.

Sára Čajanová
Born (2002-12-10) 10 December 2002
Zlín, Czech Republic
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 Brynäs IF
  • HC Valašské Meziříčí
  • HC Lvi Břeclav
  • HK Vsetín
  • HC Cherokees Blansko
National team  Czech Republic
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2023 Canada

Playing career

Her senior club career began in the 1. liga žen at age 11 with HK Vsetín. Čajanová has also played in the Czech national junior leagues at the under-16 (U16) and under-17 (U17) levels and in the 1. liga žen, the second-tier Czech national league for women's ice hockey, with HC Cherokees Blansko, HK Vsetín, HC Lvi Břeclav, and HC Bobři Valašské Meziříčí.[1][2]

International play

As a junior player with the Czech national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2018, 2019, and served as team captain for the 2020 tournament.

Čajanová made her senior Czech Republic national team debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3] Several months later, she was the Czech Republic's second highest scoring defenceman in the Olympic qualification for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics, at which the Czech Republic qualified to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time in team history.[4] [5] She again represented the Czech Republic at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she recorded one goal and three assists in seven games and won a bronze medal.

References
  1. Voltr, Martin (8 April 2020). "Čajanová o Vsetínu: Jsem moc spokojená, kluci si mě hýčkají". Hokej.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. Olausson, Robin. "Stjärnan saknas – då får backen (!) spela i förstakedjan". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: CZE - Czech Republic" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. "2022 Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Final Qualification Group C – Player Statistics by Team: CZE - Czech Republic" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. Hotař, Lubomír (26 November 2021). "Sára Čajanová: Že postoupíme na olympiádu, jsem věřila už po první brance". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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