Katja Lehto
Born (1972-08-14) 14 August 1972
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for JYP Jyväskylä
KalPa Kuopio
National team  Finland
Playing career 1994–2000
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 NaganoIce hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Finland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Latvia

Katja Maarit Lehto (born 14 August 1972) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player.[1] She played with the Finnish 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 Championships in 1999 and 2000, and gold at the 1995 IIHF European Women Championship.

Lehto’s club career was played in the Naisten SM-sarja with KalPa Naiset and JYP Naiset.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katja Lehto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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