Maria Helena Saarni née Selin (born 8 September 1977) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player.[1] She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team throughout the 1990s and won a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2] With the national team, she also won bronze at the IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments in 1999 and 2000, and at the 1996 IIHF European Women Championship.

Maria Saarni
Born (1977-09-08) 8 September 1977 (age 47)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb; 8 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Kiekko-Espoo
Espoo Blues
JyHC Jyväskylä
LoKV Lohja
National team  Finland
Playing career 1994–2017
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Finland
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Russia

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Selin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
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