Kirsi Hänninen | |||
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Born |
Joensuu, Finland | 3 October 1976||
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 | ||
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]
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 |
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Naisten SM-sarja Champion | 1997 (JyP HT)
1998 (JYP) |
Most Points by a Defenceman | 1998 (7 points) tied with Thérèse Brisson |
Best Defenceman | 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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Ruusu, Susanna (10 May 2022). "Olympiamitalisti Kirsi Hänninen tapasi pelikavereitaan – "Urheilu kuuluu yhä elämääni"". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Kirsi Hänninen aateloidaan Jääkiekkoleijonaksi" [Kirsi Hänninen honored as a Jääkiekkoleijona]. Pesäpalloliitto (in Finnish). 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Pattijoelle naisten Suomen mestaruus pesäpallossa" [Pattijoki are the Finnish Women's Pesäpallo Champions] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 16 September 2000. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Kirsi Hänninen at Olympedia (archive)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- JYP Jyväskylä Naiset players
- KalPa Naiset players
- Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Oulun Kärpät Naiset players
- Sportspeople from Joensuu
- Pesäpallo players
- Finnish ice hockey player stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs