Laura Benz
{{Short description|Swiss ice hockey player (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|25}}
| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 139
| league = LNA
| team = ZSC Lions
| sex = f
| ntl_team = SUI
| career_start = 2008
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{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|Team}}
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Laura Benz (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss ice hockey defender.
International career
Benz was selected for the Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, scoring a goal.[http://stats.iihf.com/og2010/IHW400005_83_5_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 Olympics]{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012|year=2011 |publisher=Fenn/M&S |page= 548|isbn= 978-0-7710-9598-6}}
Benz has also appeared for Switzerland at one IIHF Women's World Championship. Her first appearance came in 2009.{{Cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/178/IHW1780SUI_83_6_0.pdf |title=IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2009 World Championship |access-date=30 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071555/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/178/IHW1780SUI_83_6_0.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2018 |work=IIHF |url-status=live }}
Benz made three appearances for the Switzerland women's national under-18 ice hockey team, at two levels of the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Her first came in 2008.
[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/156/IHW1560SUI_83_5_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2008 U-18 World Championship][https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/181/IHW1810SUI_83_6_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2009 U-18 World Championship][https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/222/IHW2220SUI_83_5_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 U-18 World Championship Division I]
Personal life
Her twin sister Sara Benz is also a hockey player.
Career statistics
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
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| 2008 | U18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
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| 2009 | Switzerland U18 | U18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2009 | WW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2010 | Switzerland | Oly | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2010 | Switzerland U18 | U18 DI | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/laura-benz-1.html Sports-Reference Profile]
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Category:Ice hockey people from Zurich
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Swiss women's ice hockey defencemen
Category:21st-century Swiss sportswomen
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