Nora Tallus, previously Liikanen, (born 9 February 1981) is a Finnish retired

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, currently serving as assistant coach to KJT Haukat of the

Naisten Mestis Naisten Mestis (; from ''Mestaruussarja'' meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was founded as Naisten I-divisioona (Women's First Division) in 1985 by the Finnish Ice Hockey Associ ...

. She represented 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 ...

and in four

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, with bronze medals won in the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

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tournaments. Tallus attended

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(UMD) from 2001 to 2005 where she played with the Bulldogs ice hockey team. With the Bulldogs, she was a NCAA Division I National Champion in

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

and

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. In the 2003 tournament, Tallus scored the championship winning goal 4:16 into second overtime against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tallus, Nora 1981 births Living people People from Kerava Finnish women's ice hockey forwards HPK Kiekkonaiset players Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Keravan Shakers players IHK Naiset players Ice hockey people from Uusimaa