Tuula Puputti
Date of birth | 5th November 1977 |
place of birth | Kuopio , Finland |
size | 162 cm |
Weight | 60 kg |
position | goalkeeper |
Catch hand | Left |
Career stations | |
until 1995 | Kalevan Pallo |
1995-2000 | JYP Naiset |
1997-2002 | University of Minnesota Duluth |
2002-2003 | JyHC |
2004-2005 | Jyväskylän Hockey Cats |
Tuula Katriina Puputti (born November 5, 1977 in Kuopio ) is a former Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper .
At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she won the bronze medal in the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the Finnish women's national team .
At club level, she played for Kalevan Pallo and JYP Naiset . She won the Finnish championship in 1997 and 1998. Between 1999 and 2002 she played for the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association .
Achievements and Awards
- 1993 gold medal at the European Championship
- 1995 gold medal at the European Championship
- 1997 bronze medal at the world championship
- 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1999 bronze medal at the world championship
- 2000 bronze medal at the world championship
Web links
- Tuula Puputti at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Tuula Puputti in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Statistics at uscho.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Puputti, Tuula |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puputti, Tuula Katriina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuopio , Finland |