Darcia Leimgruber (born 19 May 1989) is a

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female

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player. She is a member of the

Switzerland women's national ice hockey team The Swiss women's national ice hockey team represents Switzerland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. Switzerland i ...

. She played in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. She also played also for ZSC Lions Zurich in the Leistungsklasse A, the top

women's ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

league in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Playing career

Switzerland

Leimgruber played hockey at Middle Economy School/DHC Langenthal under coach Hans Brechbühler. She earned a gold medal with DHC Langenthal at the Swiss Championships in 2007–08 and a silver medal at the Swiss Championships in 2008–09. She played for the fourth place Swiss team at the World Women's Championship in China. In addition, she was voted one of the most valuable players of the World Women's Championship in Finland. In a game versus Russia at the

2012 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in South Burlington. The ...

, Leimgruber logged an assist in a 5–2 victory, as Switzerland advanced to the semifinals.

Maine

Leimgruber has appeared in six games for the Black Bears, scoring her first collegiate goal at Union College on Dec. 11, 2009. She also has recorded an assist to go along with her goal for a total of two points on the season.

Career stats

Maine

Olympics

Awards and honors

References

1989 births Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Swiss women's ice hockey forwards Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey players Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub