Karoliina Rantamäki (born 23 February 1978 in Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

) is a Finnish female ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. She played on the Finland women's national ice hockey team for the 1998 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's combinedWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomen1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target.- Cross-country skiing:Men...

, and won a bronze medal.

Playing career

Rantamäki would also play for Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Finland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Medalists :- Alpine skiing :* Tanja Poutiainen* Sanni Leinonen* Andreas Romar* Marcus Sandell- Biathlon :* Timo Antila* Mari Laukkanen* Kaisa Mäkäräinen...

, and win a second bronze medal. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2010 Four Nations Cup

2010 Four Nations Cup

The 2010 4 Nations Cup was held in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland from November 9 to November 13, 2010. Games were played at the Clarenville Events Centre and Mile One Centre. The 15th edition of the international tournament was held in Newfoundland to help Hockey...

 in St. John's, Newfoundland. She scored at 2:49 overtime to give Finland the bronze medal at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. In addition, she played for SKIF Nizhni Novgorod, a Russian team.

Career stats

Event	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	PIM	+/-
2010 Winter Olympics	2	0	2	6	3