- Danijela Rundqvist
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Danijela Rundqvist 
Born September 26, 1984
Stockholm, SWEHeight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 177 lb (80 kg; 12 st 9 lb) Position Forward Shoots Left CWHL team Burlington Barracudas National team 
SwedenPlaying career 2001–present Olympic medal record Women's ice hockey Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Team competition Silver 2006 Turin Team competition 
Danijela Rundqvist surrounded by young fans
Danijela Rundqvist (born September 26, 1984 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey player.
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Career
Rundqvist plays hockey at the forward position. She was trained in Kälvesta Iof. In 2001, she joined AIK IF. Historically, the club won national championships in 2004, 2007 and 2009, as well as the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Of note, she is a member of the Sweden women's national ice hockey team.[1] She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[2]
In 2010, she was chosen in the 13th position during the 2010 CWHL Draft of Canadian Women's Hockey League. Rundqvist left her native Sweden to compete for Burlington Barracudas, based in Ontario, Canada.[3] For the 2011-12 season, she will participated in the Russian league 2011/2012 for Tornado.
Career stats
Season League Team games goals assists pts +/- PIM 2003-04 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 5 7 0 7 +9 8 2004-05 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 5 1 0 1 +2 12 2005 Women's Hockey World Cup National Team Sweden 5 1 0 1 -1 10 2005-06 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup AIK IF 3 1 3 4 +2 6 2005-06 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 3 3 1 4 +2 6 2006 Winter Olympic Games National Team Sweden 5 0 0 0 -1 10 2006-07 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 3 2 0 2 +3 2 2007 Women's Hockey World Cup National Team Sweden 5 1 1 2 +2 0 2007-08 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 14 12 9 21 +19 16 2008-9 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 17 7 9 16 +10 20 2009-10 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 15 9 8 17 0 32 2010 Winter Olympic Games National Team Sweden 5 2 0 2 -5 2 2010-11 Canadian Women's Hockey League Burlington Barracudas[4] 22 11 4 15 +11 36 2011 Women's Hockey World Cup National Team Sweden 5 0 2 2 -2 4 Personal
Danijela has got one younger sister, Sandra, and a younger brother Alexander.
See also
- Sweden women's national ice hockey team
References
- ^ http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/252/IHW2520SWE_32E_1_0.pdf
- ^ "Danijela Rundqvist - player profile and career stats". eurohockey.net. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=98552. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Interview with Danijela Rundqvist: CWHL’s Valuable Swedish Import, December 13, 2010.http://cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=36
- ^ http://cwhl.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=4367360&seasonid=6347
External links
External news story
- SVT report Swedish Television
- Herb Garbutt, Swede success for Barracudas’ Danijela Rundqvist, Burlington Post, February 18, 2011.
- My life in Canada Swedish Television
- IIHF, Swede impresses in CWHL 07-03-11
Categories:- 1984 births
- Burlington Barracudas players
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Sportspeople from Stockholm
- Swedish ice hockey players
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
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