{{Short description|Swiss ice hockey player (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = 230px | caption = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|25}} | birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 139 | league = LNA | team = ZSC Lions | sex = f | ntl_team = SUI | career_start = 2008 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|Team}} }} '''Laura Benz''' (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss ice hockey defender.
==International career== Benz was selected for the Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, scoring a goal.<ref>[http://stats.iihf.com/og2010/IHW400005_83_5_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 Olympics]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012|year=2011 |publisher=Fenn/M&S |page= 548|isbn= 978-0-7710-9598-6}}</ref>
Benz has also appeared for Switzerland at one IIHF Women's World Championship. Her first appearance came in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/178/IHW1780SUI_83_6_0.pdf |title=IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2009 World Championship |access-date=30 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071555/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/178/IHW1780SUI_83_6_0.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2018 |work=IIHF |url-status=live }}</ref>
Benz made three appearances for the Switzerland women's national under-18 ice hockey team, at two levels of the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Her first came in 2008. <ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/156/IHW1560SUI_83_5_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2008 U-18 World Championship]</ref><ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/181/IHW1810SUI_83_6_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2009 U-18 World Championship]</ref><ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/222/IHW2220SUI_83_5_0.pdf IIHF – Team Switzerland Stats – 2010 U-18 World Championship Division I]</ref>
==Personal life== Her twin sister Sara Benz is also a hockey player.
==Career statistics== {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" width="35%" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 2008 | Switzerland U18 | U18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 | Switzerland U18 | U18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 2009 | Switzerland | WW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010 | Switzerland | Oly | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" | 2010 | Switzerland U18 | U18 DI | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |}
==See also== *List of Olympic medalist families
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/laura-benz-1.html Sports-Reference Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benz, Laura}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Ice hockey people from Zurich Category:Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Category:Swiss women's ice hockey defencemen Category:Swiss twins Category:21st-century Swiss sportswomen
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