Sanni Rantala (born 8 July 2002) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing 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 ...

(NSML) with

KalPa Naiset Kalevan Pallo Naiset or KalPa Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga (NSML), the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. Founded in 1990, they play in Kuopio, the largest city in the eastern-central province of North Savo, at ...

. Rantala won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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in Beijing.

International play

Rantala was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, before the tournament was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. She appeared on the national team roster for all four of the tournaments of the

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. After a knee injury sustained in a preseason game kept her in rehabilitation and off the ice for the entire 2020–21 season, the 2022 Winter Olympics served as Rantala's senior-level IIHF debut. She played in all seven games and scored two

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in the tournament, a goal and an assist, both tallied against the

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(ROC) during the group stage. With 8 penalty minutes, she was also the most penalized Finnish player.

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* * 2002 births Living people Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics KalPa Naiset players Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Riihimäki Sportspeople from Kanta-Häme Team Kuortane players {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub