Milja Hellsten (born 12 June 1990 in

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March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2022 after marriage known as Milja Sullanmaa) is a Finnish curler from

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. She currently plays

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for

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. As a junior curler, Hellsten

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ped the Finnish team at the 2010

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, placing 5th. After juniors, Hellsten would join the

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as her third. They would win a bronze medal at the 2013

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and a silver medal in 2014. Hellsten would form her own team for the next season, winning a silver medal at the Finnish championship. That season she would play in her first

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event, the International ZO Women's Tournament, where she would win just one game. In 2015, Hellsten joined the

rink as her third. The team would go on to win a bronze medal at the

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Personal life

Hellsten is employed as a restaurant shift manager. She is in a common law marriage.

References

External links

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Milja Hellsten
on the Finnish Curling Association database Living people Finnish female curlers 1990 births Sportspeople from Jämsä Sportspeople from Hyvinkää Finnish curling champions 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-curling-bio-stub