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Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland
About Venla Hovi
- Venla Hovi, née Heikkilä, (born 28 October 1987) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward.
- She played with the Finnish national team and won bronze medals at the 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympic Games and at the 2008, 2009, and 2017 IIHF Women's World Championships, and a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.
- Hovi announced her retirement from top athletic competition the day following the achievement of silver at the 2019 Worlds.Following her retirement, Hovi has served as an on-ice instructor with True North, the Winnipeg Jets' hockey development program.
- She is the first woman ever to be hired as a coach by the organization and is one of a small number of women working as on-ice instructors in the NHL or NHL affiliated programs.
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