Kim Martin
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Ice Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 2006 Turin | Team Competition | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team Competition | |
Kim Kristine Martin (born February 28, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish national ice hockey goaltender. She plays her club hockey with AIK's women's team and has also played with Hammarby IF's junior men's team. As of the 2005-06 season she belongs to Malmö Redhawks of the men's second tier league, and she was scheduled to make her debut at that level on March 8, 2006, as the first woman ever in Sweden.[1] However, this move was vetoed by the University of Minnesota Duluth, the U.S. school that had offered her a scholarship to play hockey. This was because the NCAA, the main governing body for U.S. college sports, prohibits athletes at its member schools from having previously played in a professional league, even if they are not paid.[2] In the Fall of 2006 she started her freshman year at Minnesota-Duluth, her current WCHA club address.
A long-time member of the Swedish national team, Martin participated in the World Championships in 2001 at the age of fifteen and has competed with the women's team each year since, taking fourth place in the 2004 Worlds, a bronze medal in 2005 and, perhaps most significantly, a silver medal at the 2006 Olympics behind the Canadians and a bronze at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics behind the Canadian and American teams. In club competition, she is a two-time European women's champion with AIK, in 2004-05 and 2005-06. She was also acclaimed as the top goaltender in the tournament in 2005-06.
Martin participated in the 2006 Turin Olympics as Sweden's starting goalie, and assisted the team in upsetting the United States in the semi-final game. However, the Swedes were beaten by the dominant Canadian squad in the gold medal match and settled for the silver medal overall.
