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Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (born 3 October 1976 in Joensuu, Finland) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman and pesäpallo player. She played 116 games with the Finnish national ice hockey team and won a bronze medal with them in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]
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| Born |
3 October 1976 Joensuu, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
JoKP Joensuu Kiekko-Espoo JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kuopio Oulun Kärpät | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1992–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Over her ten-year ice hockey career, Hänninen played with five different teams in the Naisten SM-sarja, the highest level women's hockey league in Finland. She spent four seasons, from 1996 to 2000, with JYP Jyväskylä and won the SM-sarja Championship with them in 1996 and 1997. She also played with JoKP (1992–93), Kiekko-Espoo (1993–94), KalPa (1995–96), and Oulun Kärpät (2001-02).[2]
Hänninen is well known in Finland for her career in the Superpesis, Finland's top pesäpallo league, where she competed from 1993 to 2005 and was a five-time Finnish Champion.[3]
Personal life
Hänninen is a founding member of VRT Finland, an underwater structural inspection company operating in the Baltic Sea and Central Europe, and currently serves as CEO of the company.[4]
Awards and honors
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Naisten SM-sarja Champion | 1997 (JyP HT)
1998 (JYP) |
| Most Points by a Defenceman
in the Olympic Ice Hockey women's tournament |
1998 (7 points) tied with Thérèse Brisson |
| Best Defenceman
in the IIHF World Women's Championships |
1999 |
| IIHF World Women's Championships All-Star Team | 1999 |
| Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland |
2018 |
| Award | Year |
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| Superpesis Best Runner
Most Runs in the Regular Season |
1995, 1996, 2000 |
| Superpesis Champion | 1996 (Jyväskylän Kiri)
1997 (Jyväskylän Kiri) 2000 (PattU) |
| Finnish Pesäpallo Association Player of the Year
Suomen Pesäpalloliitto Naispesäpalloilijaksi |
2000, 2004 |
| Superpesis Best Batter
Most Hits in the Regular Season |
2004 |
| Superpesis Golden Bat
Player-elected Best Offensive Player |
2004 |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen. Mallon, Bill (ed.). "Kirsi Hänninen Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- "Player Profile: Kirsi Hänninen". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- Ruusu, Susanna (10 May 2022). "Olympiamitalisti Kirsi Hänninen tapasi pelikavereitaan – "Urheilu kuuluu yhä elämääni"". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- "Kirsi Hänninen aateloidaan Jääkiekkoleijonaksi" [Kirsi Hänninen honored as a Jääkiekkoleijona]. Pesäpalloliitto (in Finnish). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- "Pattijoelle naisten Suomen mestaruus pesäpallossa" [Pattijoki are the Finnish Women's Pesäpallo Champions] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- "Hänninen ylitti 500 tuotua, Vehniäinen 400 lyötyä" [Hänninen exceeded 500 runs, Vehniäinen beat 400] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Kirsi Hänninen at Olympedia
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На других языках
[de] Kirsi Hänninen
Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (* 3. Oktober 1976 in Joensuu) ist eine ehemalige finnische Eishockey- und Pesäpallospielerin. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 1998 in Nagano gewann sie mit der finnischen Nationalmannschaft die Bronzemedaille im Olympischen Eishockeyturnier. Zudem wurde sie zweimal Europameister und gewann mehrere Medaillen bei Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaften.- [en] Kirsi Hänninen
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