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.

Sara Säkkinen
Born	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 27) Pirkkala, Finland
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
SDHL team Former teams	Djurgårdens IF Hockey AIK Hockey Ohio State Buckeyes Tampereen Ilves Team Kuortane
National team	Finland
Playing career	2013–present
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey World Championship 2017 United States

As a member of the Finnish national team she participated in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship^[1] and won bronze medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.^[2]

Personal life

Säkkinen's hometown is Pirkkala.^[3]

She holds a bachelor's degree in health sciences from Ohio State University.^[3]

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