Marjukka Virta

Marjukka Virta
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41)
Karinainen (Finland)
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Sport
Country
PositionForward
ShootsLeft
Team
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
WRC 6 1 0
SMRC (Nationals) 9 ? ?
Total 15 1 0
Ringette
World Ringette Championships
Representing  Finland
Silver medal – second place 2002 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2004 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2007 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2010 Finland
Gold medal – first place 2013 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2016 Finland
Gold medal – first place 2019 Canada
SM Ringette Championships (Nationals)
Gold medal – first place 9
Updated on August 28, 2023

Marjukka Virta (born 1983 in Karinainen, Finland) is a retired elite Finnish ringette player who played forward in semi-professional ringette in Finland and for the Finland national ringette team, but now coaches the sport.[1]

Virta (now retired as a player) has won six World Ringette Championships gold and one silver as a player for Team Finland Senior. For six of those national team world victories, Virta was the captain.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

As a semi-professional player, Virta played in Finland's SM Ringette league, Finland's premiere ringette league, formerly known as Ringeten SM-sarja.

The Finnish ringette association, Ringette Finland, froze Virta's jersey number 4 on November 1, 2022, in Turku and is the first Finnish ringette player in history to receive this honour.[9] The freeze officially took place in the Rajupaja Areena before the game against Team Canada.[10]

  1. ^ a b Karttunen, Anu (18 November 2020). "Ringettelegenda Marjukka Virta vannoi keväällä lopettavansa pelaajauransa, mutta joutui pakon edessä pyörtämään päätöksensä – "Minä uhrauduin"" [Ringette legend Marjukka Virta swore in the spring that she would end her playing career, but was forced to change her mind - "I sacrificed myself"] (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ Siukonen, Markku (2005). Urheilun vuosikirja 26. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 311. ISBN 952-5591-08-5.
  3. ^ Siukonen, Markku (2008). Urheilun vuosikirja 29. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 265. ISBN 978-952-492-156-5.
  4. ^ Siukonen, Markku (2011). Urheilun vuosikirja 32. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 284. ISBN 978-952-492-483-2.
  5. ^ Siukonen, Markku; Tikander, Vesa (2014). Urheilun vuosikirja 35. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 264. ISBN 978-952-492-855-7.
  6. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2017). Urheilun vuosikirja 38. Urheilumuseo. ISBN 978-952-6644-11-0.
  7. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2018). Urheilun vuosikirja 39. Urheilumuseo. ISBN 978-952-6644-12-7.
  8. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2020). Urheilun vuosikirja 41. Urheilumuseo. p. 281. ISBN 978-952-6644-16-5.
  9. ^ Ismo Huotari (25 August 2022). "Menestyneen ringettepelaajan pelinumero jäädytetään: "Tosi mahtava juttu ja merkitsee minulle paljon" | Le numéro de match d'un joueur de ringuette qui a réussi est gelé : "C'est vraiment une bonne chose et cela signifie beaucoup pour moi"" [Successful ringette player's game number frozen: 'It's really a good thing and it means a lot to me']. savonsanomat.fi (in Finnish). savonsanomat. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Ringette osaksi Tahdon päänäyttelyä MM-kisojen alla". Suomen Ringetteliitto. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.