Name Frida Nevalainen | Role Ice hockey player | |
 | ||
Olympic medals Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women’s Team Similar People Elin Holmlov, Danijela Rundqvist, Erika Holst, Kim Martin Hasson, Emma Eliasson | ||
Frida Margareta Nevalainen (born 27 January 1987 in Umeå, Sweden) is an ice hockey player. Nevalainen is a defenceman for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. (In Swedish)
Her twin brother Patrik plays with Swedish second league team IF Björklöven.
Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten.
She has also played for Tornado Moscow Region, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven she later transferred to Modo Hockey in the Riksserien (Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor in the 2007-08 season.
References
Frida Nevalainen Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA