Maria Helena Saarni (born 8 September 1977) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team throughout the 1990s and won a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

. With the national team, she also won bronze at the

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 ...

tournaments in

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and

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, and at the 1996 IIHF European Women Championship.

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* * * 1977 births Living people Ice hockey people from Helsinki Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players Espoo Blues Naiset players Jyväskylän Hockey Cats players LoKV Naiset players {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub

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