Marianne Ihalainen

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Marianne Ihalainen
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Born (1967-02-22) February 22, 1967 (age 56)
Tampere, Finland
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Tampereen Ilves
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Playing career 1982–2001
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano Team
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Finland
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 United States
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Finland
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Canada
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Latvia
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 West Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Russia

Marianne Ihalainen (born 22 February 1967) is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward. [1] She won a bronze medal as captain of the Finnish national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics [2] and also won six IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, four IIHF European Women Championships gold medals and one bronze while representing Finland and was eight time SM-sarja Finnish Champion with Ilves. Ihalainen is regarded as one of the pioneers of women’s ice hockey in Finland and she was one of the first women inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland, alongside fellow trailblazer Riikka Sallinen. [3]

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After her retirement from playing in 2001, Ihalainen coached the Ilves women’s team during 2002–2006 and led the team to victory in the 2006 SM-sarja Finnish Championship. [4] In 2006, she became the head coach and team manager of the Finnish national team. Under Ihalainen coaching, the Finnish national team won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2009 IIHF Women's World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. [3]

At a ceremony held during the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship in Espoo, she became the first woman to have her career formally honoured by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. [5]

Awards and honours

AwardYear
Finland
Naisten SM-sarja Top Goal Scorer
later renamed the Tiia Reima Award 		1989–90 (21 goals)
Naisten SM-sarja Top Point Scorer
later renamed the Marianne Ihalainen Award 		1989–90 (33 points)
Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona
Hockey Hall of Fame Finland 		2007
Number retired by the Tampereen Ilves 2007
Career honoured by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association13 April 2019 [5]
International
IIHF European Women Championship Gold Medal 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
IIHF Women's World Championship Bronze Medal 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000
IIHF European Women Championship Bronze Medal 1996
Winter Olympics Bronze Medal 1998

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marianne Ihalainen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Jääkiekkoleijonat" (in Finnish). Hockey Hall of Fame Finland . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ilves Hockey Legends". ilveshistoria.com (in Finnish). Ilves-Hockey Oy. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Marianne Ihalainen to be honoured". IIHF. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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