Milja Hellsten

Milja Hellsten (born 12 June 1990 in Jämsä,[4] after marriage known as Milja Sullanmaa) is a Finnish curler from Hyvinkää. She currently plays third for Oona Kauste.

Milja Hellsten
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Finland
European Curling Championships
2015 Esbjerg
Representing  Åland Islands
Finnish Women's Curling Championship
2020 Lohja
2015[1]
2014[2]
2013[3]

As a junior curler, Hellsten skipped the Finnish team at the 2010 European Junior Curling Challenge, placing 5th.

After juniors, Hellsten would join the Katja Kiiskinen as her third. They would win a bronze medal at the 2013 Finnish Women's Curling Championship and a silver medal in 2014. Hellsten would form her own team for the next season, winning a silver medal at the Finnish championship. That season she would play in her first World Curling Tour event, the International ZO Women's Tournament, where she would win just one game.

In 2015, Hellsten joined the Oona Kauste rink as her third. The team would go on to win a bronze medal at the 2015 European Curling Championships.

Personal life

Hellsten is employed as a restaurant shift manager. She is in a common law marriage.

References
  1. http://www.curling.fi/en/competitions/leagues/10185
  2. http://www.curling.fi/en/competitions/leagues/9275/standings
  3. http://www.curling.fi/en/competitions/leagues/8424/standings
  4. http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/WORLD-WED-ALL.pdf
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