| Birth Date: | 30 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden |
| Height M: | 1.72 |
| Weight Kg: | 63 |
| Position: | Goaltender |
| Catches: | Left |
| Played For: | Leksands IF Almtuna IS |
| Career Start: | 2011 |
| Career End: | 2018 |
Leon Reuterström (born 30 November 1996) is a Swedish former ice hockey goaltender and advocate for transgender inclusion in sports. From 2012 to 2018, he played for Leksands IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL; previously called Riksserien), the top flight of Swedish women's hockey, before coming out to the public as a transgender man and retiring to pursue his medical transition.[1]
Reuterström began his career with Almtuna IS of the Division I (renamed Damettan in 2015) and women's ice hockey AllEttan . In 2012, he signed with Leksands IF, splitting the 2012–13 season between the team's top Riksserien side and the B-side playing in Damettan. He established himself fully as a top-side goaltender the next season, and would take over as Leksands' starting goalie in 2015.
In 2018, he publicly came out as a transgender man and announced his retirement from the SDHL in order to pursue his medical transition, as testosterone hormone replacement therapy conflicts with anti-doping rules in the sport.[2] [3]
Since his retirement, he has been outspoken about the difficulties trans people face in sports.[4] [5] [6] In 2020, he returned to the ice for the first time in two years to participate in a charity match.[7]
Rueterström represented Sweden at the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, playing one game and posting a .941 save percentage.[8]