Ruth Künzle
Date of birth | March 29, 1972 |
place of birth | Waldkirch SG , Switzerland |
Size | 166 cm |
Weight | 65 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
until 1996 | EV train |
1996-1997 | Nacka HK |
1997-2004 | EV train |
2004-2010 | HC Lugano |
Ruth Künzle (* 29. March 1972 in Waldkirch SG ) is a former Swiss Hockey national player who for the EV train and HC Lugano in the performance class A was active. In total, she won seven Swiss championship titles and took part in a large number of tournaments with the Swiss national team. She made a total of 214 international matches for Switzerland.
Career
Ruth Künzle played (at least) between 1995 and 2004 for the women's team of EV Zug and won three Swiss championships (1998, 1999 and 2004). She then moved to HC Lugano and won four more championship titles with the HCL Ladies Team before ending her career in 2010.
In 1990 she made her debut for the Swiss senior national team at the age of 18 and took part in four European, two B and four A world championships in the following years. The high point of her career was the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
In 2007 she resigned from the national team after 214 international matches.
Achievements and Awards
- 1995 bronze medal at the European Championship
- 1997 Champion of the Stockholm region with the Nacka HK
- 1998 Swiss champion with EV Zug
- 1999 Swiss champion with EV Zug
- 2002 Champion of performance class B with the EV Zug
- 2003 Champion of performance class B and promotion to the LKA with EV Zug
- 2004 Swiss champion with EV Zug
- 2006 Swiss champion with HC Lugano
- 2007 Swiss champion with HC Lugano
- 2009 Swiss champion with HC Lugano
- 2010 Swiss champion with HC Lugano
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | ||
1998/99 | EV train | LKA | 16 | 13 | 29 | |||||||||
1999/00 | EV train | LKA | 11 | 3 | 14th | |||||||||
2000/01 | EV train | LKA | 5 | 8th | 13 | |||||||||
2001/02 | EV train | LKB | ||||||||||||
2002/03 | EV train | LKB | ||||||||||||
2003/04 | EV train | LKA | 7th | 3 | 10 | |||||||||
2004/05 | HC Lugano | LKA | ||||||||||||
2005/06 | HC Lugano | LKA | ||||||||||||
2006/07 | HC Lugano | LKA | ||||||||||||
2007/08 | HC Lugano | LKA | 18th | 5 | 4th | 9 | 12 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||
2009/10 | HC Lugano | LKA | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2008/09 | HC Lugano | LKA | 21st | 4th | 8th | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
LKA total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
year | team | event | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | |
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1995 | Switzerland | EM | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4th | ||
1997 | Switzerland | WM | 1 | ||||||
1999 | Switzerland | WM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
2000 | Switzerland | WM Div. B. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | +0 | |
2001 | Switzerland | WM Div. I. | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +5 | |
2004 | Switzerland | WM | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8th | -1 | |
2005 | Switzerland | WM Div. I. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | +6 | |
2006 | Switzerland | Olympia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | -1 | |
2007 | Switzerland | WM | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | -3 |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Ruth Künzle at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Ruth Künzle at eurohockey.com
- Ruth Künzle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruth Künzle Massage. (No longer available online.) In: ruthkuenzlemassage.ch. Archived from the original on June 20, 2016 ; Retrieved June 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Slapshot, The Year of Challenge. (PDF file)
- ^ Resignation of Ruth Künzle. In: frauennati.ch. September 14, 2007, accessed June 20, 2016 .
- ^ Olympic participant - Ruth Künzle. In: swissolympians.ch. Retrieved June 20, 2016 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kuenzle, Ruth |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss national ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldkirch SG , Sankt Gallen, Switzerland |