Kirsi_Hänninen
Kirsi Hänninen
Finnish ice hockey player
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]
| Kirsi Hänninen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1976-10-03) 3 October 1976 (age 47) 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 | ||
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]
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]
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
- 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.
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Kirsi Hänninen at Olympedia
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