Danijela Kristina Rundqvist (born 26 September 1984) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and three time Olympian with the Swedish national ice hockey team.

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Danijela Rundqvist
Rundqvist with the Burlington Barracudas in 2010
Born	(1984-09-26) 26 September 1984 (age 39) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Djurgårdens IF Hockey SDE Hockey Lugano Ladies Team HC Tornado Burlington Barracudas AIK IF
National team	Sweden
Playing career	2001–2020
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 2006 Turin Ice hockey 2002 Salt Lake City Ice hockey World Championship 2005 Sweden 2007 Canada

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Rundqvist plays hockey at the forward position. She was trained in Kälvesta SK. In 2001, she joined AIK IF. Historically, the club won national championships in 2004, 2007 and 2009, as well as the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Of note, she is a member of the Sweden women's national ice hockey team.^[1] She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.^[2]

In 2010, she was chosen in the 13th position during the 2010 CWHL Draft of Canadian Women's Hockey League. Rundqvist left her native Sweden to compete for Burlington Barracudas, based in Ontario, Canada.^[3]

In 2011–12, Rundqvist played with Team Sweden teammates Elin Holmlov and Kim Martin for Moscow Tornado of the Russian Professional Women's League.

Danijela has a younger sister, Sandra, and a younger brother Alexander. She is half Serbian; her mother is a Kosovo Serb.^[5]

• Sweden women's national ice hockey team