Emilia Vesa (born 3 January 2001) is a Finnish
ice hockey
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winger and member of the
Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the
Swedish Women's Hockey League
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(SDHL) with
Frölunda HC.
International play
As a junior player with the
Finnish national under-18 team, she participated in the
IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in
2017
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2018
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, and
2019
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, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 tournament.
Vesa made her senior national team debut at the
2021 IIHF Women's World Championship
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in
Calgary, where she won a bronze medal. Several months later, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the
women's ice hockey tournament at the
2022 Winter Olympics in
Beijing
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At the
2023 IIHF Women's World Championship
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Particip ...
, she scored the second-most goals for Finland in a three-way tie with
Jenniina Nylund and
Viivi Vainikka and tallied just one goal less than Finnish scoring leader
Petra Nieminen. Vesa recorded her five goals while playing an average of two fewer minutes per game than Nylund, four fewer than Vainikka, and five fewer than Nieminen.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honors
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Finnish ice hockey right wingers
Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
Frölunda HC (women) players
HIFK Naiset players
Ice hockey people from Helsinki
Ice hockey people from Uusimaa
Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Team Kuortane players
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