Klara Myrén (born 25 May 1991) is a Swedish

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player and former member of the Swedish national ice hockey team. She represented

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. Her college ice hockey career was played with the

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program of the

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Playing career

Myrén played with

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of the

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, during the 2010–11 season. Statistically, she registered 11

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and 13 assists in 21 games.

Team Sweden

Myrén was a member of the Swedish under-18 national team from 2006 to 2009. As a member, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in

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and 2009. At the 2009 tournament in

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, Germany, she won a bronze medal. With the senior national team, she took part in the

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, 2009, and 2012. She was the youngest member of the Swedish team that participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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. During the 2010 Winter Games in

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, she accumulated two assists in five games played, as Sweden finished in fourth place.

Career stats

Team Sweden

References

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* * 1991 births Living people Brynäs IF (women) players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Leksands IF (women) players Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden People from Borlänge Municipality Swedish women's ice hockey forwards Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Dalarna County {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub