Erika Holst

Ylva Erika Holst (born 8 April 1979) is a Swedish former ice hockey player who represented the Sweden women's national team and won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Born in Varberg, she played college hockey for the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's program, which won the first three NCAA women's championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003, and in Sweden she played for Segeltorps IF in the Riksserien. She played in nine Women's World Ice Hockey Championships and led the Swedish team in scoring at two Olympics, collecting five points in five games in 2002. In 2006 she came out as a lesbian, together with her fellow hockey player Ylva Lindberg.