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.