Tiia Reima

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|2|1}}

| birth_place = Tampere, Finland

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| height_m = 1.59

| weight_kg = 57

| position = Forward

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Ilves-Kiekko
Ilves Tampere
SC Lyss
IHK Helsinki
Ladies Team Lugano
Espoo Blues

| coached_for = Espoo Blues
Espoo United

| sex = f

| ntl_team = FIN

| career_start = {{Circa|1985}}

| career_end = 2011

| career_start_coach = 2011

| career_end_coach = 2017

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Tiia-Riitta Johanna Reima (born 1 February 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and coach.

Playing career

A trailblazer of women's ice hockey in Finland, her career with the Finnish national ice hockey team began in the mid-1980s, the early days of women's international ice hockey competition, and spanned nearly two decades. During her tenure with the national team, she was one of Finland's most productive and decorated forwards,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Legends of Hockey – Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey|url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/wmspla04.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124942/https://www.hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/wmspla04.shtml|archive-date=6 May 2021|access-date=2020-07-13|website=|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}} winning five IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, five IIHF European Women Championship medals (four gold and one bronze), and an Olympic bronze in 1998.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/winter/1998/ICH/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/winter/1998/ICH/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games}}{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/tiia-reima-1.html|title=Tiia Reima|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180946/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/tiia-reima-1.html|url-status=live}}

Reima's club career spanned 26 seasons and was played in Finland with Ilves-Kiekko, Ilves Tampere, IHK Helsinki, and the Espoo Blues of the Naisten SM-sarja, and in Switzerland with SC Lyss Damen and the Ladies Team Lugano of the Leistungsklasse A (LKA; renamed SWHL A in 2014).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Player Profile: Tiia Reima|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/377458/tiia-reima|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702025826/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/377458/tiia-reima|archive-date=2 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-13|website=eliteprospects.com|language=en}}

=Coaching career=

She served as coach to the Espoo Blues during 2011 to 2013 and as assistant coach during the 2013–14 season, winning the Aurora Borealis Cup in 2013 and 2014.{{Cite web |title=Jääkiekkoleijonat: Reima Tiia (Aatelointinumero 230 - Aatelointivuosi 2015 - Hyökkääjä - s.1.2.1973 Tampere) |url=http://www.jaakiekkomuseo.fi/jaakiekkoleijonat/#1507548731434-c628c1b8-ae90 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Finnish Ice Hockey Museum |language=fi |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707102721/http://www.jaakiekkomuseo.fi/jaakiekkoleijonat/#1507548731434-c628c1b8-ae90 }} She was assistant coach to Espoo United Naiset during the 2016–17 season, in which they achieved silver in the Finnish Championship.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Team Staff Profile: Tiia Reima|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/28144/tiia-reima|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714020107/https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/28144/tiia-reima|archive-date=14 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-13|website=eliteprospects.com}}

Honours and achievements

Prior to the 2010–11 season, the Naisten SM-sarja renamed its annual award recognizing the top goal scorer in the regular season, dubbing it the Tiia Reima Award.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2010-11-14|title=Jääkiekkoliitto uudisti palkinnot: Pokaaleihin nimet Selänne, Koivu, Räty, Javanainen...|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/jaakiekkoliitto-uudisti-palkinnot-pokaaleihin-nimet-selanne-koivu-raty-javanainen/3762434|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615144846/https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/jaakiekkoliitto-uudisti-palkinnot-pokaaleihin-nimet-selanne-koivu-raty-javanainen/3762434|archive-date=15 June 2020|access-date=2020-06-15|website=MTV Uutiset|publisher=|language=fi}} The rebranding of the league as Naisten Liiga for the 2017–18 season, did not impact the trophy, which has been awarded in every season since the renaming.

Reima was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland in 2015 as {{Langx|fi| Suomen jääkiekkoleijona|label=none}} ('Finnish Ice Hockey Lion') number 230.{{Cite web |last=Pellinen |first=Leeni |date=2015-12-30 |title=Tiia Reima Jääkiekkoleijona #230 |url=https://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/aateloidut-leijonat/2015-16/item/15465-tiia-reima-jaakiekkoleijona-230 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |language=fi-fi |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305184146/https://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/aateloidut-leijonat/2015-16/item/15465-tiia-reima-jaakiekkoleijona-230 |url-status=live }}