Birth Date: | 8 September 1977 |
Birth Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Height Cm: | 162 |
Weight Kg: | 52 |
Position: | Forward |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | Kiekko-Espoo Espoo Blues JyHC Jyväskylä LoKV Lohja |
Sex: | f |
Ntl Team: | Finland |
Career Start: | 1994 |
Career End: | 2017 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Maria Helena Saarni (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.