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
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
in
Torino, at nine
IIHF Women's World Championship
The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The of ...
s, and at two
IIHF European Women Championships.
Her club career spanned nineteen seasons and was played in the Finnish
Naisten SM-sarja with the
Imatran Ketterä
Imatran Ketterä is an ice hockey club based in Imatra, Finland. Ketterä plays in the Finnish second-tier league, Mestis, during the 2022–23 season.
Ketterä has played in Mestis since 2017 and has won the championship three times (2019, 20 ...
,
Kalevan Pallo Naiset
Kalevan Pallo Naiset or KalPa Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga (NSML), the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. Founded in 1990, they play in Kuopio, the largest city in the eastern-central province of North Savo, at th ...
, the
Keravan Shakers, the
Espoo Blues Naiset, and
HPK Kiekkonaiset; and in the
Russian Women's Hockey League with
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.
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1975 births
Living people
Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
Espoo Blues Naiset players
HPK Kiekkonaiset players
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IHK Naiset players
KalPa Naiset players
Keravan Shakers players
Naisten Liiga All-Stars
Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
People from Leppävirta
HC SKIF players
Sportspeople from North Savo
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