Saija Katariina Tarkki (born 29 December 1982) is a Finnish retired

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player and the former general manager of Oulun Kärpät Naiset in the Naisten Liiga. She represented at four

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and eight IIHF Women's World Championships, winning bronze in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

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and at the World Championship tournaments in 2004,

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, and 2009.

Personal life

Tarkki is married to former

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goaltender Tuomas Tarkki.

Career statistics

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-bronze-medal-game---game-19_ihw400102nFIN-vgame_stats-fR.html

References

External links

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Saija Sirviö's profile
from http://www.vancouver2010.com; retrieved 2010-02-25. 1982 births Living people Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Oulun Kärpät Naiset players Modo Hockey players Ice hockey people from Oulu {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub