Anna Vanhatalo
Anna Vanhatalo (born February 29, 1984) is a Finnish retired ice hockey and ringette player who competed with the Finland women's national ice hockey team and the Finland national ringette team.
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| Born |
29 February 1984 Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catches | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
ZSC Lions Frauen SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Espoo Blues Finland National Ringette Team Women's national ice hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ringette career
Beginning in 2002, Vanhatalo played in the professional Finnish ringette league, Ringeten SM-sarja, and was a member of the Finland national ringette team. Vanhatalo won two World Ringette Championship gold medals, one in the 2004 World Ringette Championship held in Stockholm where she was elected the best goaltender of the tournament,[1] and the other gold medal in the 2007 World Ringette Championship held in Ottawa.[2]
In 2006, Vanhatalo went to Canada to play one season for the Montreal Mission team in Canada's National Ringette League.[3] In exchange, her Finnish team Helsinki Ringette[4] received Claudia Jetté, the Montreal Mission goalkeeper.[5]
Ice hockey career
In autumn, 2009, Vanhatalo started playing goaltender in ice hockey with the women's team of the hockey club Espoo Blues in the SM-liiga of Finland. The performances of Vanhatalo with the Espoo Blues and in the Europe Cup allowed her to obtain the goaltender's post holder with the national women's ice hockey team of Finland. Vanhatalo played in the Tournament of 4 nations, in the Vancouver Winter Olympics and in the 2011 World championship in Switzerland.[6]
Vanhatalo also played for the SKIF Nijni Novgorod, a team which competes in the Russian Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
Personal life
During her stay in Quebec in 2006, she learned the French language. In 2009, she obtained her master's degree of Economics from Helsinki School. The subject of her thesis was the sponsoring for the women's sports. She is multi-lingual and speaks Finnish, Swedish, German, English and French.
Honors
- Won 3 National Ringette Championships in Finland.
- Won Gold Medal
in the 2004 World Ringette Championships - Won Silver Medal
in the 2007 World Ringette Championships - Won Silver Medal in women's ice hockey at the 2009 Europe Cup of the clubs
- Won Bronze Medal
in women's ice hockey at the 2010 Tournament of four nations - Won Bronze Medal in women's ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
- won 1 title National Women Championship of Russia in 2010.
- Won Silver Medal in women's ice hockey at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Won Bronze Medal in women's ice hockey at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
References
- Gold Medal Game - Finland vs Canada Archived August 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) 2007 Statistiques
- Player statistiques
- (in Finnish) Helsinki Ringette
- (in French) Claudia Jetté in Finland Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
- https://www.eurohockey.com/player/504170-anna-vanhatalo.html
External links
- Anna Vanhatalo's profile on Finland National Ice hockey Team
- Anna Vanhatalo's profile with SKIF Nijni Novgorod