Saana Koljonen
Saana Koljonen | |
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Saana Koljonen together with Stanislaw Tillich (2017) | |
portrait | |
birthday | August 22, 1988 |
place of birth | Pihtipudas, Finland |
size | 1.65 m |
Indoor volleyball | |
position | Libero |
societies | |
2008–2009 2009–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 since 2017 |
Pisla Ploki Oriveden Ponnistus VT Aurubis Hamburg HPK Naiset Rote Raben Vilsbiburg HPK Naiset |
National team | |
A national team | |
successes | |
2010 - Finnish cup finalist 2011 - Finnish cup finalist 2011 - Finnish runner-up 2014 - Finnish runner-up 2016 - Finnish champion |
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beach volleyball | |
Partner | 2012 - Erika Nyström |
successes | |
2009 - Finnish runner-up U21 2011 - Finnish runner-up |
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As of October 11, 2017 |
Saana Koljonen (born August 22, 1988 in Pihtipudas ) is a Finnish national volleyball player . She also completed some beach volleyball tournaments .
Career
Saana Koljonen grew up in a volleyball family and, like her sisters, was taken to this sport by her parents. She started her career in 2008 with Pisla Ploki . In 2009 she moved to Oriveden Ponnistus in Orivesi . With the club, Libera reached the final of the Finnish Cup in 2010 and 2011. In 2010 she was third and in 2011 second in the national championship. She then wanted to study at Georg Mason University , but shortly before that she sustained an injury to her right Achilles tendon . She stayed in Oriveden and became Finnish runner-up again in 2014. The national player then moved to the German Bundesliga club VT Aurubis Hamburg . In the 2015/16 season she played at HPK Naiset in Hämeenlinna and became Finnish champion. Then she went back to Germany, where she played with the Rote Raben Vilsbiburg from 2016 . After one season she returned to the Finnish league for HPK Naiset.
In beach volleyball , Koljonen was the Finnish U21 runner-up in 2009. In 2010 and 2011 she finished third and second in the Finnish championship. In 2012 she competed with Erika Nyström at the Åland Open of the FIVB World Tour .
Web links
- Profile at the Red Ravens Vilsbiburg
- Profile at Arto Hanni (English)
- Profile at the Finnish Volleyball Federation (Finnish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ready for the cold Hamburg - and victories with Aurubis. Hamburger Abendblatt , December 2, 2014, accessed on January 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Saana Koljonen ensi kaudeksi Saksan pääsarjaan Bundesliigaan. (No longer available online.) Akikuvaa, June 13, 2014, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; Retrieved January 2, 2017 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Saana Koljonen takes over the acceptance in Hamburg. (No longer available online.) VT Aurubis Hamburg, June 10, 2014, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Saana Koljonen Saksasta HPK: hon. Mestaruusliiga, May 25, 2015, accessed January 2, 2017 (Finnish).
- ↑ Saana Koljonen: "Wow, dreams do come true sometimes!" (No longer available online.) Rote Raben Vilsbiburg, August 10, 2016, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Saana Koljonen from Finland new Libero of the Red Ravens. (No longer available online.) Rote Raben Vilsbiburg, May 24, 2016, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Libero Saana Koljonen palaa Kerhoon. Hämeen Sanomat, August 23, 2017, accessed October 11, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Profile with Arto Hanni (English)
- ↑ Profile at the World Association FIVB (English)
- ↑ Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Koljonen, Saana |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish volleyball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pihtipudas , Finland |