Karoliina Rantamäki

Karoliina Stina Margaretha "Karo" Rantamäki (born 23 February 1978) is a Finnish ice hockey forward and captain of Stadin Gimmat (HIFK Naiset) of the Naisten Liiga (NSML), the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. She holds the all-time career record for games played with the Finnish women's national ice hockey team, having played in 256 top level international matches.

Karoliina Rantamäki
Rantamäki with the Finnish national team in 2008.
Born (1978-02-23) 23 February 1978
Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NSML team
Former teams
HIFK Helsinki
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
Espoo Blues
National team  Finland
Playing career 1992present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
2010 VancouverTeam
1998 NaganoTeam
World Championships
2015 Sweden
2011 Switzerland
2009 Finland
2008 China
2004 Canada
2000 Canada
1999 Finland
1997 Canada

She represented Finland at five Olympic Games and won bronze medals in the women's ice hockey tournaments in 1998 and 2010. She has also represented Finland at thirteen IIHF World Women's Championships and has earned eight World Championship bronze medals (1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015). Rantamäki has played with national championship winning teams in both the Naisten Liiga in Finland and the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) in Russia and its predecessor, the Russian Women's Hockey League.

The Finnish Ice Hockey Association trophy for Most Valuable Player of the Naisten Liiga playoffs was renamed the Karoliina Rantamäki Award in the 2010–11 season and continues to be awarded seasonally.

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