Tuula Puputti
Born (1977-11-05) 5 November 1977
Kuopio, Finland
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for JYP Jyväskylä
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs
KalPa Kuopio
National team  Finland
Playing career 1992–2003
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 NaganoTeam
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2000 Canada
Bronze medal – third place1999 Finland
Bronze medal – third place1997 Canada
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Latvia
Gold medal – first place1993 Denmark

Tuula Katriina Puputti (born 5 November 1977) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender and current general manager of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team and women's national under-18 ice hockey team, and Developer of Girls' Hockey (Finnish: Tyttökiekon kehittäjä) for the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.[1]

As a member of the Finnish national team, Puputti won a bronze medal in the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics,[2][3] and three IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, in 1997, 1999, and 2000. She also competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "Henkilökunnan Esittelyt: Puputti Tuula". finhockey.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tuula Puputti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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