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Maria Helena Saarni (born 8 September 1977) is a Finnish retired
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 hock ...
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 offi ...
tournaments in
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and
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, and at the 1996 IIHF European Women Championship.


See also

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List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland A women's ice hockey tournament has been played at every Winter Olympics since its introduction at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include women's hockey as an Olympic event in July 1992. Finland has ...


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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