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| Nationality |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1983 Karinainen (Finland) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Siukonen, Markku (2005). Urheilun vuosikirja 26. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 311. ISBN 952-5591-08-5.
- ^ Siukonen, Markku (2008). Urheilun vuosikirja 29. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 265. ISBN 978-952-492-156-5.
- ^ Siukonen, Markku (2011). Urheilun vuosikirja 32. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 284. ISBN 978-952-492-483-2.
- ^ Siukonen, Markku; Tikander, Vesa (2014). Urheilun vuosikirja 35. Minerva Kustannus Oy. p. 264. ISBN 978-952-492-855-7.
- ^ Tikander, Vesa (2017). Urheilun vuosikirja 38. Urheilumuseo. ISBN 978-952-6644-11-0.
- ^ Tikander, Vesa (2018). Urheilun vuosikirja 39. Urheilumuseo. ISBN 978-952-6644-12-7.
- ^ Tikander, Vesa (2020). Urheilun vuosikirja 41. Urheilumuseo. p. 281. ISBN 978-952-6644-16-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ringette osaksi Tahdon päänäyttelyä MM-kisojen alla". Suomen Ringetteliitto. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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