Sara Benz

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Sara Benz Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 25, 1992
place of birth Kloten , Switzerland
Size 165 cm
Weight 55 kg
position striker
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2011 EHC Winterthur
2009-2018 ZSC Lions

Sara Benz (born August 25, 1992 in Kloten ) is a former Swiss national ice hockey player who was under contract with the ZSC Lions in SWHL A between 2009 and 2018 and won the Swiss championship three times with the Lions . The greatest success of her career was winning the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics . Her twin sister Laura is also a hockey player.

Career

The twin sisters Laura and Sara Benz have been doing ice sports together since they were four: “Our parents first sent us to figure skating. But we would much rather wear great equipment like our ice hockey brother. " The two then learned ice hockey at EHC Winterthur , went through its male junior teams and played for the U17 juniors of the club in the highest junior league in Switzerland (top novices) between 2007 and 2009. During the play-offs in 2009 in performance class A, Laura and Sara Benz made their debut for the ZSC Lions women's team .

Sara Benz (left) and Stefanie Marty (right) at the 2011 World Cup

In the same year, the two completed their first women's world championship , having played in the U18 national team since 2008. In 2010 she took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics with her sister . A few months later, the Benz twins with the U18 national team made it back to the top division at the U18 World Cup in Division I. Sara Benz contributed 9 goals and 9 assists to this success. This made her the top scorer of the tournament and consequently was named the best striker.

After graduating from high school, Laura and Sara Benz received offers for scholarships from a US college. Due to the higher level of education in Switzerland and the necessary obligation to spend four years overseas, they decided to study in Switzerland instead. While Laura began studying medicine, Sara Benz trained as a lawyer.

In 2011 the sisters won their first championship title with the ZSC Lions , at the same time it was the first championship title of the ZSC Lions women. In 2012 and 2013 further championship titles followed with the Lions. At the 2012 World Cup , they surprisingly won the bronze medal with the national team. Two years later, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi , where she won the bronze medal with the national team.

Sara Benz missed the 2015 and 2016 World Championships and the entire 2015/16 season due to an injury.

In autumn 2017 she returned to the ice, played again for the ZSC Lions and took part with the national team in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea . In August 2018 she ended her career in order to be able to focus more on her private life.

Achievements and Awards

Winning the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics
  • 2010 Promotion in top division at the U18 World Championship of the Div. I.
  • 2010 top scorer and best striker at the U18 world championship of the Div. I.
  • 2010 Swiss runner-up with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2011 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2012 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2012 bronze medal at the world championship
  • 2013 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2010 Swiss runner-up with the ZSC Lions women
  • 2014 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
  • 2015 Swiss runner-up with the ZSC Lions women

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 EHC Winterthur U15 top mini 17th 25th 12 37 12
2007/08 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 13 2 9 11 0
2008/09 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 16 12 8th 20th 4th
2008/09 ZSC Lions women SWHL A - - - - - 2 0 0 0 2
2009/10 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 14th 5 2 7th 4th
2010/11 EHC Winterthur U17 top novices 15th 4th 7th 11 6th
2010/11 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 5 11 7th 18th 2 5 9 8th 17th 6th
2011/12 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 19th 23 14th 37 18th 5 5 2 7th 2
2012/13 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 17th 30th 20th 50 8th 2 2 2 4th 2
2013/14 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 5 6th 6th 12 4th 6th 3 5 8th 4th
2014/15 ZSC Lions women SWHL A 9 18th 6th 24 12 3 2 4th 6th 0
2015/16 not played because of injury
2016/17 not played because of injury
2017/18 ZSC Lions women SWHL A (W) 14th 12 8th 20th 12 - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2008 Switzerland U18 World Cup 5 4th 2 6th 2 -2
2009 Switzerland U18 World Cup 2 0 2 2 2 -3
2009 Switzerland WM 4th 0 2 2 0 0
2010 Switzerland Olympia 5 1 0 1 2 0
2010 Switzerland U18 World Championship Div. I. 5 9 9 18th 8th +17
2011 Switzerland WM 5 3 2 5 2 +4
2012 Switzerland WM 5 2 2 4th 2 +1
2013 Switzerland WM 5 1 0 1 2 -4
2014 Switzerland Olympia 6th 1 1 2 2 –9
2018 Switzerland Olympia 6th 2 3 5 2 +6

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alice Werner: UZH News - Our women in Sotchi. In: uzh.ch . February 12, 2014, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b SportWoche, A concentrated load of twin power , February 6, 2010, (PDF file)
  3. ↑ Reports of the A-Nati from Finland: Day 8 - first games and "double win action". In: frauennati.ch. March 28, 2009, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  4. ↑ ZSC women win first championship title. In: hockeyfans.ch. March 14, 2011, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Swiss World Cup line-up with four Graubünden women. In: suedostschweiz.ch. March 18, 2015, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  6. ^ Daniel Monnin: Women's World Cup: Switzerland securely maintains the league. In: sport-fan.ch. April 4, 2016, Retrieved May 3, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Sara Benz resigns. In: hockeyfans.ch. August 8, 2018, accessed August 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Benz, Sara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Kloten , Switzerland