Tuula Puputti
Appearance
Tuula Puputti | |||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Kuopio, Finland | November 5, 1977||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||
Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||
Played for |
KalPa JYP Jyväskylä Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||
National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1992–2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tuula Katriina Puputti (born 5 November 1977) is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender, currently serving as general manager to the Finnish women's national ice hockey team and the Finnish women's national under-18 ice hockey team.
As a member of the Finnish national team, Puputti won a bronze medal in the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics,[1][2] and three IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, in 1997, 1999, and 2000. She also competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tuula Puputti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Tuula Puputti at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's ice hockey goaltenders
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players
- People from Kuopio
- Finnish ice hockey goaltender stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs