Saila Saari (born 1 November 1989) is a Finnish retired

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

forward. She represented in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

, winning a bronze medal, and at the

IIHF Women's World Championships The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The of ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

and 2016.2015 IIHF World Championship roster
Saari played the entirety of her club career in the

Naisten Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten Lii ...

and won the

Aurora Borealis Cup The Aurora Borealis Cup ( fi, Aurora Borealis -malja) is the trophy awarded to the Finnish Champion in women's ice hockey, the victorious team of the Naisten Liiga playoffs. The Aurora Borealis Cup was created to honor the quality of play in Na ...

with JYP Jyväskylä Naiset in 2016 and with Oulun Kärpät Naiset in 2017 and 2018. She was named to the league's All-Star Team in 2014–15 and 2016–17, and was recognized with the Emma Laaksonen Award as the league's fair-play player in 2012–13 and 2017–18.

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* * 1989 births Living people Finnish women's ice hockey forwards People from Alavus Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey JYP Jyväskylä Naiset players Oulun Kärpät Naiset players KalPa Naiset players Jyväskylän Hockey Cats players Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub