Ella Viitasuo

Ella Viitasuo
Born (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28)
Lahti, Finland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
Played for
National team  Finland
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

Ella Viitasuo (born 27 May 1996) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team. She most recently played during the 2022–23 season with HV71 of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1]

Viitasuo represented Finland with the national under-18 ice hockey team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in 2012, 2013, and 2014; Finland placed fifth in all three tournaments. Her first match with the women's national team came in August 2014, and her world championship debut was made at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.[2][3] She played in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, in which Finland claimed bronze, and at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, in which Finland won their first-ever silver medal.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). IIHF. 5 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). IIHF. 4 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ^ Hokkanen, Antti (16 May 2016). "Jääkiekkoilija Ella Viitasuo nousi maajoukkuetasolle". Uusi Lahti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. ^ Rönnberg, Viivi (21 January 2018). "Olympiakoneeseen tähtäävä Ella Viitasuo: "Pyrin aina pelaamaan joukkueelle"". Jatkoaika (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ^ Takamäki, Noora (22 January 2018). "Naisten jääkiekon olympiajoukkue on tällainen – yhdistelmä nuoruutta ja kokemusta". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. ^ TEAM FINLAND – XXIII Olympic Winter Games –PyeongChang 2018 (PDF) (Media guide). Finnish Olympic Committee. 2018. p. 63. ISBN 978-952-5794-73-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2021.