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Emma Kristiina Terho née Laaksonen (born 17 December 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenseman and the current Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission.[1] She is the general manager of Kiekko-Espoo Naiset in the Naisten Liiga.[2] At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano she became the youngest Winter Olympian to medal for Finland at the age of 16 years 54 days.[3][4]

Emma Terho

Terho with the Finnish national team in 2009.
Personal information
Birth name	Emma Kristiina Laaksonen
Born	(1981-12-17) 17 December 1981 (age 40) Washington, D.C., United States
Home town	Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
Education	MSc in Economics, Aalto University 2013 BBA in Finance, Ohio State University 2004
Occupation	Chair of IOC Athletes' Commission ice hockey executive banker
Ice hockey player Ice hockey career Height 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) Position Defense Played for Ohio State Buckeyes SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Espoo Blues National team  Finland Playing career 1997–2017
Medal record Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Ice hockey 1998 Nagano Ice hockey World Championship 2009 Finland 2008 China 2004 Canada 2000 Canada

Playing career

Ohio State University

Laaksonen played with the Buckeyes women's ice hockey team while attending The Ohio State University (OSU) during 2000 to 2004. In the 2001–02 season she was the first women's ice hockey player from Ohio State to earn All-American honors when she was named to the 2001–02 Jofa/American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Second Team All-American[5] and was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.[6] On 11 October 2008, Laaksonen Terho became the first women's hockey player to have her Buckeye number retired.[7] The retirement ceremony occurred prior to an Ohio State vs. Purdue University football game at Ohio Stadium, where Laaksonen Terho was recognized on the field at the 50-yard line. She was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame on 25 September 2009.[8][9]

Espoo Blues, 2004–2007

In Finland she played with the Espoo Blues, where she won the Finnish Championship eight times (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015). With Espoo Blues she has finished third three times (1997, 1998 and 2006).[10]

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

In the 2007–08 season Terho played in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia with SKIF of the Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL). Three other Finnish players, forwards Kati Kovalainen, Karoliina Rantamäki, and Nora Tallus, also played for SKIF in that season. The team won the 2008 Russian Women's Hockey League Championship.[11]

Espoo, 2008–2017

Terho returned to the Espoo Blues after the 2007-08 season in Russia. The 2008-09 season was very successful, both personally and for the team. Terho set a career high for assists with 32 and ended the regular season with an impressive 34 points in just 19 games.[12]

International play

Laaksonen is a five-time Olympian, serving as co-captain or captain in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 as well as competing in seven world championships, serving as captain in 2008 and 2009.

She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal.[13] She was the youngest woman on the team (16 years, 54 days).

Sports administration

Early in her career Terho became involved in the administrative aspect of sport, as a member of the Student Athlete Board during her junior and senior years at The Ohio State University (2002–2004). In 2006, after graduating and returning to Finland to play in the Naisten SM-sarja, Terho became a member of the Finnish Olympic Committee. In 2011 as part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program (AMP) she became an Athlete Ambassador to Kazakhstan with the directive to use her experience at Olympic Games, World Championships, and other high level women's hockey programs to help build the women's game in her designated country.[14] As her playing career wound down, Terho ramped up her involvement in Finnish sports administration and she has become an influential and important player in that sphere.[15]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Terho was elected for an eight-year term as a member of the IOC Athletes' Commission, with the largest share of votes of all candidates put forward. The election also made her an International Olympic Committee Member. On 6 August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Terho was elected as the new Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. She replaced outgoing Chair Kirsty Coventry, who had served as Chair since 2018 and had remained in role for an additional year beyond her eight-year term to help maintain the IOC Athletes’ Commission's work during the COVID-19 pandemic, following the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games.[16]

Current administrative titles and roles

• Member of the Board, Finnish Ice Hockey Association, 2014–present
• Member of the Finnish Advisory Board of Sport Ethics, 2015–present
• Chair of Finnish Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission, 2016–2020; member, 2006–2016
• Member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's Committee, 2016–present
• Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), 2018–present[17]
  • Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission, 2021–present;[16] member, 2018–2021[18]
  • Member of the Coordination Commission for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022), 2018–present
  • Member of the Olympic Programme Commission, 2018–present
  • Member of the Marketing Commission, 2020–present
  • Member of the Legal Affairs Commission[19]

Personal life

Emma Terho was born in Washington, D.C. to her Finnish parents and she is both a citizen of the United States and Finland. Terho holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The Ohio State University (2004) and a Masters of Science in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics at Aalto University (2013). She began her career in finance while still an active hockey player, serving as a fixed income trader for Pohjola Bank from 2006 to 2013. Terho has served as a product manager for fixed income products at OP-Pohjola Financial Group since 2014.

Her husband, Teemu Terho, also works in banking. They have two children, born in 2012 and 2014 respectively.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996-97	Kiekko-Espoo	Naisten SM-sarja		24	3	5	8	8		4	0	2	2	2
1997-98	Kiekko-Espoo	Naisten SM-sarja		23	3	3	6	4		4	0	0	0	4
1998-99	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		23	2	6	8	8		6	1	0	1	4
1999-00	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		25	7	7	14	4		6	1	3	4	4
2000-01	Ohio State Buckeyes	NCAA		34	19	18	37	10		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Ohio State Buckeyes	NCAA		25	6	15	21	10		—	—	—	—	—
2002-03	Ohio State Buckeyes	NCAA		31	6	15	21	14		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	Ohio State Buckeyes	NCAA		35	3	16	19	12		—	—	—	—	—
2004-05	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		19	6	11	17	8		5	0	2	2	0
2005-06	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		22	4	10	14	16		5	3	1	4	4
2006-07	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		17	3	11	14	10		7	0	6	6	2
2007-08	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	RWHL
2008-09	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		19	2	32	34	6		6	3	3	6	6
2009-10	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		18	8	11	19	12		12	2	9	11	12
2010-11	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		25	9	29	38	16		4	1	3	4	6
2011-12	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		—	—	—	—	—		2	0	0	0	0
2012-13	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		21	2	22	24	10		9	2	5	7	4
2013-14	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		22	5	22	27	6		3	0	4	4	0
2014-15	Espoo Blues	Naisten SM-sarja		2	0	2	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
2015-16	did not play			—						—
2016-17	Espoo United	Naisten SM-sarja		1	0	1	1	0		5	0	2	2	4
2018-19	Espoo Blues	Naisten Liiga		1	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals				125	34	64	98	46		—	–	–	–	–
Naisten SM-sarja totals				261	54	172	226	108		78	13	40	53	52

Club tournaments

Year	Team	Event	Rank		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004	Espoo Blues	EWCC	4th		3	0	2	2	0
2005	Espoo Blues	EWCC			3	1	1	2	2
2009	Espoo Blues	EWCC			3	0	2	2	6
2010	Espoo Blues	EWCC			3	2	2	4	2
2014	Espoo Blues	EWCC			6	3	2	5	12
2015	Espoo Blues	EWCC			3	0	1	1	2
Totals					21	6	10	16	24

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998	Finland	Oly			4	0	0	0	2
2000	Finland	WW			5	0	0	0	2
2001	Finland	WC	4th		5	0	1	1	4
2002	Finland	Oly	4th		5	1	1	2	2
2004	Finland	WC			5	0	1	1	2
2005	Finland	WC	4th		5	0	1	1	2
2006	Finland	Oly	4th		5	1	0	1	8
2007	Finland	WC	4th		5	0	0	0	10
2008	Finland	WC			5	1	3	4	0
2009	Finland	WC			5	0	2	2	4
2010	Finland	Oly			5	0	0	0	2
2013	Finland	WC	4th		6	0	0	0	4
2014	Finland	Oly	5th		6	0	0	0	12
Totals					66	3	9	12	54

Sources:[20][21][22][23][24]

Awards and honours

Award	Year or Season	ref
International
Olympic Bronze Medal	1998, 2010
World Championship Bronze Medal	2000, 2004, 2008, 2009
World Championship Best Defenceman	2000
European Champions Cup Best Defenceman	2005, 2010
World Championship All-Star Team	2008
Finland
Aurora Borealis Cup Champion	1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14
Päivi Halonen Award	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Naisten SM-sarja All-Star Team	2008–09, 2010–11
Aurora Borealis Cup Silver Medal	2016–17
Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona #255 Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland	2019
NCAA
WCHA Rookie of the Week	Week of 6 March 2001	[25]
NCAA Power-Play Goals Champion	2001	[26]
OSU Scholar Athlete	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004	[27]
WCHA Defensive Player of the Week	2001–02 Week of 20 November Week of 11 December 2002–03 Week of 9 December	[28][29][30]
Patty Kazmaier Award Top-10 Finalist	2001–02	[31]
JOFA/AHCA All-America Second Team	2001–02	[31]
WCHA All-Conference Second Team	2001–02	[31]
WCHA All-Star	2001–02	[27]
WCHA All-Academic Team	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04	[31]
CoSIDA/ESPN At-Large Academic All-District IV Team	2002–03, 2003–04	[27]
AWHCA Scholar All-American	2002–03, 2003–04	[27]
WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year	2003–04	[31]
WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship	2005	[31]
Number retired by Ohio State Buckeyes	2008
Inducted to the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame	2009	[27]

Sources:[32][33][34]

Records

NCAA

Records valid through 2020–21 NCAA season.[26]

Season

• 2nd most power-play goals (17), 2000–01 season

Single-game

• Most power play goals (3), Ohio State vs. Wayne State on 2 March 2001 – tied for first with nine other players: Andie Anastos, Hilary Knight, Bridgette Prentiss, Bobbi Ross, Melanie Salatino, Jenny Schmidgall-Potter, Laura Slominski, Blayre Turnbull, Rebecca Vint

WCHA

Records stand through the 2019–20 WCHA season.[31]

Career

• 8th most goals by a defenceman (34) – tied with Kerry Weiland and Rachel Ramsey

Season

• Most power play goals (17), 2000–01 season
• 3rd most goals by a defenceman (19), 2000–01 season
• 10th most power play points (29), 2000–01 season – tied with Jenny Schmidgall-Potter (2002–03) and Jocelyne Lamoureux (2011–12, 2012–13)

Single-game

• Most power play goals (3), Ohio State vs. Wayne State on 2 March 2001 – tied for first with six other players: Brigette Lacquette, Nadine Muzerall, Bobby Ross, Melanie Salatino, Laura Slominski, and Blayre Turnbull

Ohio State Buckeyes

Records valid through 2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes season.[27]

Career

• 3rd most power-play goals (23) – tied with Erin Keys
• 3rd most points by a defenseman (99) – tied with Jincy Dunne
• 4th most power-play points (59) – tied with Laura McIntosh
• 10th most assists (65)

Season

• Most power-play goals (17), 2000–01
• Most power-play points (29), 2000–01
• 3rd most points by a defenseman (38), 2000–01 – tied with Amber Bowman (2006–07)

Single-game

• Most power play goals (3), Ohio State vs. Wayne State on 2 March 2001

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Emma Terho at the International Olympic Committee
• Emma Terho at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Emma Terho

Emma Kristiina Terho, geb. Laaksonen, (* 17. Dezember 1981 in Washington, D.C., USA) ist eine ehemalige finnische Eishockeyspielerin, die über viele Jahre für die Espoo Blues in der Naisten SM-sarja auf der Position der Verteidigerin spielte.

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- [en] Emma Terho

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[it] Emma Terho

Emma Kristina Terho, nata Laaksonen (Washington, 17 dicembre 1981), è una hockeista su ghiaccio finlandese.

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