Tanja Niskanen

Tanja Niskanen
Tanja Niskanen
Born	11 September 1992 (age 31) ; Juankoski , Finland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	KalPa Kuopio ; JYP Jyvaskyla
National team	Finland
Playing career	2010–2022
Olympic Games
World Championship

Tanja Niskanen (born 11 September 1992) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national team . Following her second Olympic bronze medal win in February 2022, she announced her retirement from the national team and, in March 2022, confirmed her intention to step away from elite-level club competition following the 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs . ^[1]^[2]

Playing career [ edit ]

Niskanen first joined the senior Finnish national team in 2009 and made her major tournament debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship . Representing Finland, she won bronze medals in the women’s ice hockey tournaments at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing . She won a silver medal at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2019 , won bronze medals at the tournaments in 2011, 2017 and 2021 , and participated in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship . ^[3]^[4]

As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 ice hockey team , Niskanen participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2008 , 2009 , and 2010 .

References [ edit ]

^ Sirkkia, Sari; Hirvonen, Hinni (16 February 2022). "Uransa olympiapronssiin paattanyt Tanja Niskanen kyynelehti tunteikkaassa haastattelussa: "On ollut ihan uskomaton matka" " . Yle (in Finnish) . Retrieved 28 March 2022 .
^ Forsberg, Paavo (27 March 2022). "Kaukalot kuluvan kauden jalkeen jattava KalPa- ja maajoukkueikoni Tanja Niskanen toivoo Naisten Liigaan enemman ammattimaisuutta" . Yle (in Finnish) . Retrieved 28 March 2022 .
^ 2016 World Championship roster Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster

External links [ edit ]

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or Eurohockey.com
Tanja Niskanen at Olympics.com
Tanja Niskanen at Olympedia

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[1] Sirkkia, Sari; Hirvonen, Hinni (16 February 2022). "Uransa olympiapronssiin paattanyt Tanja Niskanen kyynelehti tunteikkaassa haastattelussa: "On ollut ihan uskomaton matka" " . Yle (in Finnish) . Retrieved 28 March 2022 .

[2] Forsberg, Paavo (27 March 2022). "Kaukalot kuluvan kauden jalkeen jattava KalPa- ja maajoukkueikoni Tanja Niskanen toivoo Naisten Liigaan enemman ammattimaisuutta" . Yle (in Finnish) . Retrieved 28 March 2022 .

[3] 2016 World Championship roster Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[4] 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster

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