Liisa-Maria Sneck
Born (1968-11-10) 10 November 1968
Helsinki, Finland
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Keravan Shakers
Tampereen Ilves
HIFK Naiset
National team  Finland
Playing career 19881998
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 NaganoIce hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1997 Canada
Bronze medal – third place1994 United States
Bronze medal – third place1992 Finland
Bronze medal – third place1990 Canada
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1993 Denmark
Gold medal – first place1991 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place1989 West Germany

Liisa-Maria Sneck (born 10 November 1968) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender.[1] She played with the Finnish national ice hockey team during 1988 to 1998 and won three IIHF European Women Championship gold medals, four IIHF Women's World Championship bronze medals, and a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2][3]

Her club career was played in the Naisten SM-sarja during 1984 to 1998 with HIFK Naiset, the Tampereen Ilves Naiset, and the Keravan Shakers. Following her retirement from elite play, Sneck served as goaltending coach to Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK) Naiset in the Naisten SM-sarja for several years.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liisa-Maria Sneck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "Player Profile: Liisa-Maria Sneck". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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