| Pirjo Ahonen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 November 1970, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Height Weight |
0 ft 0 in (0.00 m) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Pro clubs |
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| Ntl. team |  Finland
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| Playing career | 1995–2018 |
Pirjo Ahonen (née Nieminen, previously Blomqvist; born 5 November 1970) is a Finnish retired ice hockeydefenceman and bandy player and a former member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team and national bandy team.
In ice hockey, she won a bronze medal with the Finnish national team at the 1999 IIHF Women's World Championship and competed in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1] Her ice hockey club career was played in the Naisten SM-sarja with KalPa Naiset, Tampereen Ilves Naiset, and JYP Jyväskylä Naiset, which was also known as the Jyväskylän Hockey Cats (JyHC) during her tenure.[2]
Ahonen holds the record for most games played with the Finnish women's national bandy team, appearing in 63 international matches with the team. Having represented Finland at a number of Women's Bandy World Championships, she won bronze medals at the tournaments in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Her bandy club career was played with Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura (JPS), Botnia-69 Helsinki, Veiterä Lappeenranta, and Mikkelin Kampparit. Ahonen was named the Finnish Women's Bandy Player of the Year by the Finnish Bandy Association three times, in 2005, 2007, and 2012.
References[]
- ↑ Pirjo Ahonen Olympic Results. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto (2020). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (in fi). Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti, 508.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database