Danijela Rundqvist

Danijela Kristina Rundqvist (born 26 September 1984) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and three time Olympian with the Swedish national ice hockey team.

Danijela Rundqvist
Rundqvist with the Burlington Barracudas in 2010
Born (1984-09-26) 26 September 1984
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Djurgårdens IF Hockey
SDE Hockey
Lugano Ladies Team
HC Tornado
Burlington Barracudas
AIK IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2001–2020
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2005 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place2007 Canada
Rundqvist with young fans in 2016

Playing career

Rundqvist plays hockey at the forward position. She was trained in Kälvesta SK. In 2001, she joined AIK IF. Historically, the club won national championships in 2004, 2007 and 2009, as well as the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Of note, she is a member of the Sweden women's national ice hockey team.[1] She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[2]

In 2010, she was chosen in the 13th position during the 2010 CWHL Draft of Canadian Women's Hockey League. Rundqvist left her native Sweden to compete for Burlington Barracudas, based in Ontario, Canada.[3]

In 2011–12, Rundqvist played with Team Sweden teammates Elin Holmlov and Kim Martin for Moscow Tornado of the Russian Professional Women's League.

Career stats
Season League Team games goals assists pts +/- PIM
2003–04 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 5 7 0 7 +9 8
2004–05 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 5 1 0 1 +2 12
2005 Women's Hockey World Cup National Team Sweden 5 1 0 1 −1 10
2005–06 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup AIK IF 3 1 3 4 +2 6
2005–06 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 3 3 1 4 +2 6
2006 Winter Olympic Games National Team Sweden 5 0 0 0 −1 10
2006–07 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 3 2 0 2 +3 2
2007 Women's Hockey World Cup National Team Sweden 5 1 1 2 +2 0
2007–08 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 14 12 9 21 +19 16
2008-9 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 17 7 9 16 +10 20
2009–10 SM-Slutspel Women (SWE) AIK IF 15 9 8 17 0 32
2010 Winter Olympic Games National Team Sweden 5 2 0 2 −5 2
2010–11 Canadian Women's Hockey League Burlington Barracudas[4] 22 11 4 15 +11 36
2011 Women's Hockey World Cup National Team Sweden 5 0 2 2 −2 4

Personal

Danijela has a younger sister, Sandra, and a younger brother Alexander. She is half Serbian; her mother is a Kosovo Serb.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Danijela Rundqvist – player profile and career stats". eurohockey.net. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  3. "Interview with Danijela Rundqvist: CWHL's Valuable Swedish Import". CWHL.ca. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010.
  4. "- CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. "Danijela Rundqvist blog". Retrieved 14 February 2010.
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