Päivi Virta

Päivi Virta
Born (1964-08-03) 3 August 1964
Tampere, Finland
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Tampereen Ilves
Keravan Shakers
Kiekko-Espoo
Espoo Blues
National team  Finland
Playing career 19822006
Medal record
World Championship
2000 Canada
1999 Finland
1994 United States
1992 Finland
1990 Canada
European Championship
1995 Latvia
1993 Denmark
1991 Czechoslovakia
1989 West Germany
1996 Russia

Päivi Virta (previously Halonen; born 3 August 1964) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenseman and one of the most highly decorated women in the history of Finnish ice hockey. As a member of the Finnish national team she won five World Championship bronze medals and five European Championship medals, four gold and one bronze.