Danijela Kristina Rundqvist (born 26 September 1984) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and three time Olympian with the Swedish national ice hockey team.
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| Born |
26 September 1984 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Djurgårdens IF Hockey SDE Hockey Lugano Ladies Team HC Tornado Burlington Barracudas AIK IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editRundqvist plays hockey at the forward position. She was trained in Kälvesta SK. 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]
In 2011–12, Rundqvist played with Team Sweden teammates Elin Holmlov and Kim Martin for Moscow Tornado of the Russian Professional Women's League.
Career stats
edit| Season | League | Team | games | goals | assists | pts | +/- | PIM |
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| 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
editDanijela has a younger sister, Sandra, and a younger brother Alexander. She is half Serbian; her mother is a Kosovo Serb.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Danijela Rundqvist – player profile and career stats". eurohockey.net. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Interview with Danijela Rundqvist: CWHL's Valuable Swedish Import". CWHL.ca. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010.
- ^ "- CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ "Danijela Rundqvist blog". Retrieved 14 February 2010.
External links
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- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Danijela Rundqvist at Olympedia (archive)
- Burlington Barracudas profile
- Danijela Rundqvist Blog
News
edit- "Swede success for Barracudas’ Danijela Rundqvist", Burlington Post, 18 February 2011.
- "Swede impresses in CWHL: Rundqvist joins new Canadian women's hockey league", IIHF, 7 March 2011.
- "My life in Canada", Swedish Television
- SVT report, Swedish Television