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Rebekah Kolstad (born January 21, 1997), also known by the Chinese name Li Beika (simplified Chinese: 丽贝卡; traditional Chinese: 麗貝卡; pinyin: Lì Bèikǎ),[1] is an American ice hockey forward and member of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays.[2]

Rebekah Kolstad
Born	(1997-01-21) January 21, 1997 (age 25) Mankato, Minnesota, US
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
ZhHL team Former teams	KRS Vanke Rays North Dakota Fighting Hawks Minnesota State Mavericks
National team	China
Playing career	2015–present

Li Beika
Traditional Chinese	麗貝卡
Simplified Chinese	丽贝卡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lì Bèikǎ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Laih Buikāat or Laih Buikā

Kolstad represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Playing career

Kolstad began her college ice hockey career with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I in the 2015–16 season.[4] After the University of North Dakota abruptly ended its women's ice hockey program in the 2016–17 season, she joined the Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey program in her hometown of Mankato, Minnesota for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[5] She started playing professional ice hockey in 2019, joining the KRS Vanke Rays.

Kolstad was a member of the Chinese team at the 2022 Winter Olympics,[6] where she recorded an assist in four games played.[7]

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Li Beika at Olympedia

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