Valentina Olivia Violeta Lizana Wallner (born 30 March 1990) is a Swedish 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 ...

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and coach.

International career

Lizana Wallner was selected for the

Sweden women's national ice hockey team The Swedish women's national ice hockey team ( sv, Sveriges damlandslag i ishockey) or Damkronorna ("the Lady Crowns" in Swedish) represents Sweden at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's nation ...

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 Gretz ...

, but did not play during the tournament. Lizana Wallner also appeared for Sweden at the

2009 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, from April 4 to 12, 2009. Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against averag ...

, playing in four games, winning three and finishing with a goals against average of 1.25. She also played twice at the

2013 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championships was the 15th world championship sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the last world championship before the 2014 Winter Olympics. The tournament was hosted in Ottawa, Ontar ...

, losing both games, and allowing 6 goals on 49 shots. She also represented her country at junior level, playing for the

Sweden women's national under-18 ice hockey team The Swedish women's national under-18 ice hockey team () is the national women's junior ice hockey team of Sweden. The team represents Sweden at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ice Hockey U18 Women' ...

. In

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, she played in four games, winning two, with a goals against average of 2.66. Lizana Wallner played also for Sweden the 2014 Olympics in

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. She wanted to have the face of Stefan Liv on her Helmet, but was refused by the

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

Personal life

Lizana Wallner's father is from Chile, and her mother is Finnish.

Career statistics

International career

References

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* * 1990 births Living people AIK Hockey Dam players Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Modo Hockey (women) players Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish people of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent Swedish women's ice hockey goaltenders {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub