Anna Amholt
{{short description|Swedish ice hockey goaltender}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden
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| height_cm = 182
| weight_kg = 78
| position = Goaltender
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| played_for = {{ubl|HV71|Luleå HF/MSSK|Hovås HC}}
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Anna Amholt (born 28 March 2000) is a Swedish retired ice hockey goaltender. Considered by many to be the next great goaltending talent of the Swedish national ice hockey team, her career was halted when she contracted COVID-19 in April 2020 and continued experiencing long-term symptoms. which ultimately led her to retire from ice hockey in October 2022.{{Cite web |last=Olausson |first=Robin |date=2022-10-19 |title=22-åringen avslutar karriären – i sviterna av covid-19 |url=https://hockeysverige.se/2022/10/19/anna-amholt-lagger-av-22-ar-gammal-i-sviterna-av-covid-19 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=HockeySverige |language=sv |archive-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104005053/https://hockeysverige.se/2022/10/19/anna-amholt-lagger-av-22-ar-gammal-i-sviterna-av-covid-19 |url-status=live }}
Playing career
From 2016 to 2018, she played for Luleå HF/MSSK, splitting her time between the club's team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and its second side in the Damettan. She won the Swedish Championship with Luleå in 2018.
Amholt signed with AIK IF ahead of the 2018–19 SDHL season.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-27|title=AIK Hockeys Anna Amholt|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/11/27/close-sdhl-aik-hockeys-anna-amholt|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-26|website=HockeySverige|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014075402/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/11/27/close-sdhl-aik-hockeys-anna-amholt}} She held two shutouts in a row in the first weeks of October 2018.{{Cite web |last=Kågström |first=Rasmus |date=2018-10-10 |title=Tredje raka för AIK – talangen höll nollan igen |url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/10/10/tredje-raka-aik-talangen-holl-nollan-igen |url-status=live |access-date=2021-06-26 |website=HockeySverige |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114124801/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/10/10/tredje-raka-aik-talangen-holl-nollan-igen }} She then missed part of the season due to a concussion suffered during training.{{Cite web|last=Larsson|first=Jakob|date=2018-12-04|title=Supertalangen missar landslagsdebuten – hjärnskakning sätter stopp|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/e1r97g|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Aftonbladet|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117021756/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/e1r97g}}
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she signed with HV71 Dam.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-10|title=Stortalangen lämnar AIK för spel i HV 71|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/sdhl/stortalangen-lamnar-aik-for-spel-i-hv-71/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Expressen|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221053/https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/sdhl/stortalangen-lamnar-aik-for-spel-i-hv-71/}} She was sidelined after playing only five games, however, as she suffered another concussion and was forced to miss most of the season.{{Cite web|last=Fredriksson|first=Emelie|date=2020-01-16|title=Talangen Amholt kan lägga av: "Är orolig"|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/K3RyVE|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Aftonbladet|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221100/https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/K3RyVE/talangen-amholt-kan-lagga-av-ar-orolig}}
At age 20, she fell ill with COVID-19 during the pandemic in the spring of 2020 and was hospitalised in November 2020 after struggling with continuing issues from long COVID.{{Cite web|last=Johansson|first=Anton|date=2020-11-13|title=HV71:s målvakt fick covid-19 – varit sjuk i över 200 dagar|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/WOO8ja|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Aftonbladet|language=sv|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221104/https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/WOO8ja/jag-minns-knappt-hur-det-ar-att-vara-frisk}}{{Cite web|last=Rylander|first=Johan|date=2020-11-12|title=Elitidrottaren Anna, 20, fortsatt sjuk – övervakas på sjukhus|url=http://www.gp.se/1.36985467|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Göteborgs-Posten|language=sv|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221101/https://www.gp.se/sport/ishockey/hockeym%C3%A5lvakten-anna-amholt-fortsatt-sjuk-%C3%B6vervakas-p%C3%A5-sjukhus-1.36985467}}
International career
Amholt won a gold medal with the Swedish national under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer. With the Swedish national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2017 and 2018.{{Cite web |last=Rönnkvist |first=Ronnie |date=2017-01-30 |title=Ett sjukt JVM-äventyr: "Kämpade bra efter våra förutsättningar" |url=https://hockeysverige.se/2017/01/30/ett-sjukt-jvm-aventyr-kampade-bra-efter-vara-forutsattningar |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=HockeySverige |language=sv |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221110/https://hockeysverige.se/2017/01/30/ett-sjukt-jvm-aventyr-kampade-bra-efter-vara-forutsattningar |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Rönnkvist |first=Ronnie |date=2018-05-14 |title=Värvade in världsmålvakten – då blev JVM-stjärnan överflödig: "Klart att jag ville vara kvar i Luleå" |url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/05/14/varvade-varldsmalvakten-da-blev-jvm-stjarnan-overflodig-klart-att-jag-ville-vara-kvar-lulea |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=HockeySverige |language=sv |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221144/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/05/14/varvade-varldsmalvakten-da-blev-jvm-stjarnan-overflodig-klart-att-jag-ville-vara-kvar-lulea |url-status=live }} She was named Best Goaltender of the tournament in 2018, as Sweden claimed the silver medal.
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=|elite=350610|espn=|euro=|hr=|hockeydb=|legendsm=|legends=|legendstype=|tsn=}}
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Category:Luleå HF/MSSK players
Category:Swedish women's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey people from Gothenburg
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen
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