Tuula Puputti

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]

Tuula Puputti
Born	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 1998 Nagano Team World Championship 2000 Canada 1999 Finland 1997 Canada European Championship 1995 Latvia 1993 Denmark

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.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
• Tuula Puputti at the International Olympic Committee