Karoliina Rantamäki
| Karoliina Rantamäki | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Rantamäki with the Finnish national team in 2008. | |||
| Born |
23 February 1978 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Auroraliiga team Former teams |
Kiekko-Espoo | ||
| National team | Finland | ||
| Playing career | 1992–present | ||
Karoliina Stina Margaretha Rantamäki (born 23 February 1978) is a Finnish ice hockey forward. She plays in the Auroraliiga with Kiekko-Espoo.
Rantamäki 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. She represented Finland at five Olympic Games and won bronze medals in the women's ice hockey tournaments in 1998 and 2010. She also represented Finland at thirteen IIHF World Women's Championships and 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 is awarded seasonally.