Eveliina Similä (born 10 April 1978) is a Finnish retired

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player. She competed in 73 matches with the Finnish national team, including the women's tournament at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

and the IIHF World Championship in

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 60 ...

and

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. Representing

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, she won a World Championship bronze medal in 2004. In Finland, she played with

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

and HPK of the Naisten SM-sarja and won the Finnish Championship twice, with Ilves in 2006 and with HPK in 2011. In 2012, she won a bronze medal with HPK at the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup tournament.

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* 1978 births Living people Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Akaa Ilves Naiset players HPK Kiekkonaiset players Ice hockey people from Pirkanmaa {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub