Laura Benz (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
defender.
International career
Benz was selected for the
Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, closing = February 28, 2010
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. She played in all five games, scoring a goal.
Benz has also appeared for Switzerland at one
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 offi ...
. Her first appearance came in
2009.
Benz made three appearances for the
Switzerland women's national under-18 ice hockey team
The Swiss women's national under 18 ice hockey team is the national under-18 ice hockey team in Switzerland. The team represents Switzerland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.
World Women's U18 Cha ...
, at two levels of the
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
The IIHF Women's World U18 Championship, officially the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, is an annual ice hockey tournament for national women's under-18 (U18) ice hockey teams, administrated by the International Ice Hockey Feder ...
. Her first came in
2008
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.
IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 U-18 World Championship Division I
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Personal life
Her twin sister Sara Benz is also a hockey player.
Career statistics
See also
*List of Olympic medalist families
List of Olympic medalists families is a list of people grouped by family who are olympic medalists.
Summer Olympics
:
Winter Olympics
:
Summer and Winter Olympics
See also
* List of sport awards
* List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
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References
External links
*
Sports-Reference Profile
1992 births
Living people
Ice hockey people from Zürich
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players of Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Swiss women's ice hockey defencemen
Twin sportspeople
Swiss twins
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