[1][2] She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal.

[3] Vaarakallio scored the first-ever goal in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.

She stopped playing ringette after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice.

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