| Birth Date: | 7 February 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Tampere, Finland |
| Height Cm: | 164 |
| Weight Kg: | 70 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Tampereen Ilves Ilves-Kiekko |
| Sex: | f |
| Ntl Team: | Finland |
| Career End: | 1998 |
Marika Johanna Lehtimäki (born 7 February 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team.[1] She played 83 international matches with the national team and was on the bronze medal winning rosters in the women's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1990, 1992, and 1994.[2] With the Finnish national team she also won four IIHF European Championship medals, three gold and one bronze.[3]
In Finland, she played the majority of her senior club career with the Tampereen Ilves in the Naisten SM-sarja and won four consecutive Finnish Championships with the team from 1990 to 1993.[4] Lehtimäki led the league in assists in the 1994–95 season, notching 28 assists in 24 games, while playing on Ilves' top line with Marianne Ihalainen and Sari Marjamäki.
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | WW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1991 | Finland | EW | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Finland | WW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1993 | Finland | EW | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Finland | WW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | Finland | EW | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Finland | EW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Finland | OG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Senior totals | 38 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 2 | ||||
Sources: [5]