Marjukka Virta

Marjukka Virta
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1983-02-08) 8 February 1983
Karinainen (Finland)
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Sport
Country
PositionForward
ShootsLeft
Team
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
WRC 6 1 0
SMRC (Nationals) 9  ?  ?
Total 15 1 0
Ringette
World Ringette Championships
Representing  Finland
2002 Canada
2004 Sweden
2007 Canada
2010 Finland
2013 Canada
2016 Finland
2019 Canada
SM Ringette Championships (Nationals)
9
Updated on August 28, 2023

Marjukka Virta (born 1983 in Karinainen, Finland) is a retired elite Finnish ringette player who played forward in semi-professional ringette in Finland and for the Finland national ringette team, but now coaches the sport.

Virta (now retired as a player) has won six World Ringette Championships gold and one silver as a player for Team Finland Senior. For six of those national team world victories, Virta was the captain.

As a semi-professional player, Virta played in Finland's SM Ringette league, Finland's premiere ringette league, formerly known as Ringeten SM-sarja.

The Finnish ringette association, Ringette Finland, froze Virta's jersey number 4 on November 1, 2022, in Turku and is the first Finnish ringette player in history to receive this honour. The freeze officially took place in the Rajupaja Areena before the game against Team Canada.