Anna Amholt

Anna Amholt
Born	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) Göteborg, Sweden
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	HV71 Luleå HF/MSSK Hovås HC
Playing career	2012–2022

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.^[1]

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.^[2] She held two shutouts in a row in the first weeks of October 2018.^[3] She then missed part of the season due to a concussion suffered during training.^[4]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she signed with HV71 Dam.^[5] She was sidelined after playing only five games, however, as she suffered another concussion and was forced to miss most of the season.^[6]

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.^[7][8]

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.^[9][10] She was named Best Goaltender of the tournament in 2018, as Sweden claimed the silver medal.

References

1. Olausson, Robin (19 October 2022). "22-åringen avslutar karriären – i sviterna av covid-19". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
2. "AIK Hockeys Anna Amholt". HockeySverige. 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
3. Kågström, Rasmus (10 October 2018). "Tredje raka för AIK – talangen höll nollan igen". HockeySverige. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
4. Larsson, Jakob (4 December 2018). "Supertalangen missar landslagsdebuten – hjärnskakning sätter stopp". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
5. "Stortalangen lämnar AIK för spel i HV 71". Expressen. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
6. Fredriksson, Emelie (16 January 2020). "Talangen Amholt kan lägga av: "Är orolig"". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
7. Johansson, Anton (13 November 2020). "HV71:s målvakt fick covid-19 – varit sjuk i över 200 dagar". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
8. Rylander, Johan (12 November 2020). "Elitidrottaren Anna, 20, fortsatt sjuk – övervakas på sjukhus". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
9. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (30 January 2017). "Ett sjukt JVM-äventyr: "Kämpade bra efter våra förutsättningar"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
10. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (14 May 2018). "Värvade in världsmålvakten – då blev JVM-stjärnan överflödig: "Klart att jag ville vara kvar i Luleå"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com