Anja Michaela Stiefel (born 9 August 1990) is a Swiss retired

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and two time Olympian with the

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International career

Stiefel was selected to represent Switzerland in the

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. She played in all five games, but did not record a point. Stiefel has also appeared for Switzerland at five

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s. Her first appearance came in

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. She was a member of the bronze medal winning team at the

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championships. Stiefel made one appearance for the

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, at the

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. IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2008 U-18 World Championship
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* * * 1990 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Frauenfeld Swiss women's ice hockey forwards Swiss expatriate ice hockey people Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Canada Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Calgary Oval X-Treme players Luleå HF/MSSK players Sportspeople from Thurgau {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub