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

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player and the former general manager of

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in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). The Oulun Kärpät director of youth ice hockey since 2022, she briefly served as interim head coach of Kärpät Naiset in October 2023. Tarkki represented at four

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and eight

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, winning bronze in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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and at the World Championship tournaments in

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, and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Personal life

Tarkki is married to former

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goaltender

Tuomas Tarkki Tuomas Sakari Tarkki (born 28 February 1980) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender and the goaltending coach of the Finnish women's national team. He played college ice hockey in the NCAA and professionally in the Finnish Liiga ...

Career statistics

Source:Schedule and results
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from vancouver2010.com; retrieved 25 February 2010. 1982 births Living people 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 (women) players Ice hockey people from Oulu FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Finland Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub