Rosa Lindstedt
Lindstedt at the 2011 World Championship
Born (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988
Ylöjärvi, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for
Current SDHL coach Brynäs IF
National team  Finland
Playing career 2003–2023
Coaching career 2023–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangIce hockey
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place2015 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place2021 Canada

Rosa Lindstedt (born 24 January 1988) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and retired ice hockey defenseman, currently serving as assistant coach to Brynäs IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). As player with the Finnish national ice hockey team, she was a three-time Olympian, two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and four-time IIHF Women's World Championship medalist.

Playing career

Her senior club career began at age fourteen with the women's representative team of the Ylöjärven Ilves (Y-Ilves) in the 2002–03 season of the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017), the premier women's ice hockey league in her native Finland. In the Naisten SM-sarja, she went on to play with Tappara Naiset (2003–2007), Tampereen Ilves Naiset (2007–2012), and JYP Jyväskylä Naiset (2012–2016), twice winning the Finnish Championship, with Ilves in 2010 and JYP in 2016.

Lindstedt relocated to the SDHL in the 2016–17 season, signing with HV71 Dam. She played with HV71 for four seasons, serving as an alternate captain in the 2017–18 and 2019–20 seasons. She joined Brynäs IF ahead of the 2020–21 SDHL season and was named captain the following season.

International play

Lindstedt won bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics, a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship and bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2015, 2017, and 2021, and a bronze medal at the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Personal life

Lindstedt was born on 24 January 1988 in Ylöjärvi, a town in the Tampere sub-region of southwestern Finland.

She is the grandniece of Marko Asell, an Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling and member of Finnish Parliament.[1]

Career statistics

International

YearTeamEventResult   GPGAPtsPIM
2010FinlandOG3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 501110
2011FinlandWW4th 601122
2012FinlandWW4th 61016
2013FinlandWW4th 61018
2014FinlandOG5th 50116
2015FinlandWW3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 63038
2016FinlandWW4th 60114
2017FinlandWW3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 60228
2018FinlandOG3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 60002
2019FinlandWW2nd place, silver medalist(s) 71122
2021FinlandWW3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 70112
2023FinlandWW5th 72134
73891782

Sources:[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Athletes: Rosa Lindstedt". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Active Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 653. ISBN 9780986796470.
  3. ↑ "2023 IIHF Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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