Kirsi Hänninen

Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (born 3 October 1976 in Joensuu, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman and pesäpallo player. She played 116 games with the Finnish national ice hockey team and won a bronze medal with them at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]

Kirsi Hänninen
Born (1976-10-03) 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 Karhut
Kiekko-Espoo
JYP Jyväskylä
KalPa Kuopio
Oulun Kärpät
National team  Finland
Playing career 19922002

Over her ten-year 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 equally known in Finland for her career in the Superpesis, Finland's top pesäpallo league, where she competed from 1993 to 2005.

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.[3]

Awards and honors

Ice Hockey
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
Pesäpallo
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

[4][5]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen. Mallon, Bill (ed.). "Kirsi Hänninen Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  2. "Player Profile: Kirsi Hänninen". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  3. "Kirsi Hänninen aateloidaan Jääkiekkoleijonaksi" [Kirsi Hänninen honored as a Jääkiekkoleijona]. Pesäpalloliitto (in Finnish). 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  4. "Pattijoelle naisten Suomen mestaruus pesäpallossa" [Pattijoki are the Finnish Women's Pesäpallo Champions] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  5. "Hänninen ylitti 500 tuotua, Vehniäinen 400 lyötyä" [Hänninen exceeded 500 runs, Vehniäinen beat 400] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-24.


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