Sara Säkkinen

Sara Säkkinen (born 7 April 1998) is a Finnish ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam. Her college ice hockey career was spent with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.

As a member of the Finnish national team she participated in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship and won bronze medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Personal life

Säkkinen's hometown is Pirkkala.

She holds a bachelor's degree in health sciences from Ohio State University.

She is pursuing a Masters in Public Health Sciences from Stockholm University.

See also

List of Finnish women in North American collegiate ice hockey

List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland

References

External links

1998 births

Living people

AIK Hockey Dam players

Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players

Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden

Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Finnish women's ice hockey forwards

Ice hockey people from Tampere

Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Ilves Naiset players

Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey players

Olympic bronze medalists for Finland

Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Ice hockey people from Pirkanmaa

Team Kuortane players