Petra Vaarakallio Explained

Petra Vaarakallio
Birth Date:17 June 1975
Birth Place:Helsinki, Finland
Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
Played For:Kiekko-Espoo
Espoo Blues
Sex:f
Ntl Team:Finland
Career Start:1992
Career End:2006

Petra Maria Paulina Vaarakallio (born 17 June 1975 in Helsinki) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and ringette player.[1] [2] She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal.[3] Vaarakallio scored the first-ever goal in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.

Vaarakallio won the 1992 World Ringette Championships bronze. She stopped playing ringette after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ice Hockey | Finland make hockey history . . 1998-02-08 . 2016-10-27.
  2. Petra Vaarakallio.
  3. Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/winter/1998/ICH/ . dead . 2020-04-17.