Tanja Niskanen

Tanja Niskanen
Born (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32)
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 Jyväskylä
National team  Finland
Playing career 2010–2022
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

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

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

  1. ^ Sirkkiä, Sari; Hirvonen, Hinni (16 February 2022). "Uransa olympiapronssiin päättänyt 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 jälkeen jättävä KalPa- ja maajoukkueikoni Tanja Niskanen toivoo Naisten Liigaan enemmän 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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