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Pirjo Hannele Ahonen (née Nieminen, previously Blomqvist; born 5 November 1970) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman and bandy player and a former member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team and national bandy team.
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| Born |
5 November 1970 Jyväskylä, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team |
 Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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In ice hockey, she won a bronze medal with the Finnish national team at the 1999 IIHF Women's World Championship and competed in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1] Her ice hockey club career was played in the Naisten SM-sarja with KalPa Naiset, Tampereen Ilves Naiset, and JYP Jyväskylä Naiset, which was also known as the Jyväskylän Hockey Cats (JyHC) during her tenure.[2]
Ahonen holds the record for most games played with the Finnish women's national bandy team, appearing in 63 international matches with the team. Having represented Finland at a number of Women's Bandy World Championships, she won bronze medals at the tournaments in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Her bandy club career was played with Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura (JPS), Botnia-69 Helsinki, Veiterä Lappeenranta, and Mikkelin Kampparit. Ahonen was named the Finnish Women's Bandy Player of the Year by the Finnish Bandy Association three times, in 2005, 2007, and 2012.[3]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pirjo Ahonen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. p. 508. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- Koskela, Kristina; Karlsson, Tobias; Hoppu, Tuomas, eds. (2020). Jääpallokirja 2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Jääpalloliito. pp. 128, 147, 149. ISSN 0784-0411. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Pirjo Ahonen at the International Olympic Committee
- Pirjo Ahonen at Olympedia
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