Sara Benz (born 25 August 1992 in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

, Switzerland) 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 ...

forward.

International career

Benz was selected for the Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in 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 ...

. She played in all five games, scoring a goal.IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 Olympics
/ref> Benz has also appeared for Switzerland at four

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 ...

s. Her first appearance came in 2009. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the

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championships. IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2009 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2011 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2012 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2013 World Championship
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

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. IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2008 U-18 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2009 U-18 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 U-18 World Championship Division I
/ref>

Personal life

Her twin sister

Laura Benz Laura Benz (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss ice hockey defender. International career Benz was selected for the Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, scoring a goal. Benz has a ...

is also a hockey player.

Career statistics