Kirsi Hänninen

Kirsi Hänninen
Date of birth	3rd October 1976
place of birth	Joensuu , Finland
size	175 cm
Weight	68 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1993	Jokipojat Joensuu
1993-1994	Kiekko-Espoo
1994-1995	JYP Naiset
1995-1996	KalPa Kuopio
1996-2001	JYP Naiset
2001-2002	Kärpät Oulu

Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (born October 3, 1976 in Joensuu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey and pesapallo player . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she won the bronze medal in the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the Finnish national team . She was also twice European champion and won several medals at ice hockey world championships .

Career

On a national level, she played for JYP Naiset between 1996 and 2001 before moving to Kärpät Oulu .

At Pesäpallo, Hänninen was two times Finnish champion (2000 with PattU and 1996 with Kirittäret) and 2004 runner-up. She has also received numerous personal awards.

Achievements and Awards

1993 gold medal at the European Championship 1994 bronze medal at the world championship 1995 gold medal at the European Championship 1996 bronze medal at the European Championships

1997 bronze medal at the world championship 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1999 bronze medal at the world championship 2000 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1992/93	JoKP	SM-sarja		12	9	7th	16	18th		3	0	1	1	4th
1993/94	blues	SM-sarja		19th	12	11	23	32		3	1	1	2	4th
1994/95	JYP	I-divisioona		8th	7th	19th	26th	10
1995/96	KalPa	SM-sarja		23	9	21st	30th	66		3	1	0	1	2
1996/97	JYP	SM-sarja		22nd	11	15th	26th	32		6th	2	3	5	8th
1997/98	JYP	SM-sarja		14th	8th	9	17th	12		6th	3	3	6th	6th
1998/99	JYP	SM-sarja		19th	13	12	25th	30th		7th	0	3	3	20th
1999/00	JYP	SM-sarja		25th	20th	17th	37	34		4th	1	1	2	6th
2001/02	Kärpät	SM-sarja		9	5	3	8th	10		3 1	1	1	2	4th
2001/02	Kärpät	SM-sarja		-	-	-	-	-		4th	0	1	1	4th

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
1993	Finland	EM		3	3	1	4th	6th
1994	Finland	WM		5	0	0	0	0	+8
1995	Finland	EM		5	2	6th	8th	4th
1996	Finland	EM		5	1	1	2	2
1997	Finland	WM		5	2	3	5	8th
1998	Finland	Olympia		6th	4th	3	7th	6th	+13
1999	Finland	WM		5	5	5	10	2	+5
2000	Finland	WM		5	1	2	3	4th	−1
2002	Finland	Olympia		5	0	3	3	0	+2

Web links

• Kirsi Hänninen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Kirsi Hänninen at eliteprospects.com (English)