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Kati Kovalainen

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Kati Kovalainen
Born (1975-01-24) 24 January 1975 (age 49)
Leppävirta, Finland
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Imatran Ketterä
KalPa Kuopio
Keravan Shakers
Espoo Blues
IHK Helsinki
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
HPK Hämeenlinna
National team  Finland
Playing career 1991–2010
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2008 China
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Finland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Russia

Katariina Johanna "Kati" Kovalainen (born 24 January 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, at nine IIHF Women's World Championships, and at two IIHF European Women Championships.[1]

Her club career spanned nineteen seasons and was played in the Finnish Naisten SM-sarja with the Imatran Ketterä, Kalevan Pallo Naiset, the Keravan Shakers, the Espoo Blues Naiset, and HPK Kiekkonaiset; and in the Russian Women's Hockey League with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kati Kovalainen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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