Sara Säkkinen

Sara Säkkinen (born 7 April 1998) is a Finnish ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam. Her college ice hockey career was spent with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.

As a member of the Finnish national team she participated in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship and won bronze medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Personal life
Säkkinen's hometown is Pirkkala.

She holds a bachelor's degree in health sciences from Ohio State University.

She is pursuing a Masters in Public Health Sciences from Stockholm University.