Isa Rahunen (born 16 April 1993) is a Finnish retired

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player, currently serving as a linesman in the

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. She represented Finland with the national ice hockey team in numerous international competitions and won a silver medal at the

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and bronze medals at the

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, the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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, and at the Four Nations Cup in

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. Rahunen announced her retirement from the national team and from top-level club competition after the

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, citing a desire to focus more fully on her career as a nurse at the

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. However, she returned to the Naisten Liiga as an active player for a short stint during the later part of the 2020–21 season.

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* * * 1993 births Living people Ice hockey people from Kuopio Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen Oulun Kärpät Naiset players KalPa Naiset players Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub