Denise Altmann is an Austrian

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forward, currently playing for

Linköping HC Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its initials LHC, or colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (formerly Cloetta Center) which accommodat ...

in the SDHL and the Austrian national team. She is the SDHL's all-time leader in points, having led the league in scoring five times between 2009 and 2015, and winning the SDHL championship twice.

Career

She began her career with

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, and would score 122 points across 32 games in the

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, winning the championship in 2005. In 2007, Altmann signed with Linköping in Sweden, where she continues to play to this day. Across 13 seasons with the team, she has put up 563 points in 337 games. In 2017, she announced her decision to retire but reversed that decision a few months later, coming back to be named club captain, after having served as an assistant captain for the previous five years.

International

She was named best forward at the

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, as Austria earned promotion. She would again be named best forward at the

2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I The Division I Group A tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia, from March 25 to 31. The winner, the Czech Republic, was promoted to the top division for 2013, while the bottom-ranked team, Kazakhstan, was relegated to Group B for 2013. Group ...

and the

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Personal life

Her brother

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plays professionally for

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. Outside of hockey, she works as a nurse.

References

External links

* Biographical information and career statistics fro
Elite Prospects
Linköping HC (women) players 1987 births Living people Ice hockey people from Vienna Austrian women's ice hockey players European Women's Hockey League players {{Austria-icehockey-bio-stub