# Laura Benz

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{{Short description|Swiss ice hockey player (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| image_size = 230px
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| alt = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|25}}
| birth_place = [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)
| position = [Defence](/source/Defenceman)
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 139
| league = [LNA](/source/Switzerland_women's_ice_hockey_league)
| team = [ZSC Lions](/source/ZSC_Lions)
| sex = f
| ntl_team = SUI
| career_start = 2008
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|[2014 Sochi](/source/2014_Winter_Olympics)|[Team](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)}}
}}
'''Laura Benz''' (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [defender](/source/Defenceman).

==International career==
Benz was selected for the [Switzerland national women's ice hockey team](/source/Switzerland_national_women's_ice_hockey_team) in the [2010 Winter Olympics](/source/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](/source/IIHF_Women's_World_Championship). Her first appearance came in [2009](/source/2009_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship).<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](/source/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation) |url-status=live }}</ref>

Benz made three appearances for the [Switzerland women's national under-18 ice hockey team](/source/Switzerland_women's_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team), at two levels of the [IIHF World Women's U18 Championships](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championships). Her first came in [2008](/source/2008_IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championship).
<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](/source/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](/source/2008_IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championship)
| [Switzerland U18](/source/Switzerland_women's_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team)
| [U18](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championships)
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 18
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2009](/source/2009_IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championship)
| Switzerland U18
| U18
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| [2009](/source/2009_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship)
| [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland_women's_national_ice_hockey_team)
| [WW](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_Championships)
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [2010](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics)
| Switzerland
| [Oly](/source/2010_Winter_Olympics)
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
|- ALIGN="center"
| [2010](/source/2010_IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championship)
| Switzerland U18
| [U18 DI](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_U18_Championships)
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 7
| 14
|}

==See also==
*[List of Olympic medalist families](/source/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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