Birth Date: | January 27, 1987 |
Birth Place: | Umeå, SWE |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 143 |
Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | IF Björklöven Modo Hockey Segeltorps IF |
Ntl Team: | SWE |
Career Start: | 2001 |
Career End: | 2013 |
Frida Margareta Nevalainen (born 27 January 1987 in Umeå, Sweden) is an ice hockey player.[1] Nevalainen is a defenceman for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[2] (In Swedish)
Her twin brother Patrik also played professional ice hockey, playing in the SM-liiga with Lukko and the Elitserien for Timrå IK.
Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten.
She has also played for Tornado Moscow Region, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven she later transferred to Modo Hockey in the Riksserien (Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor in the 2007–08 season.