Oona Kauppi

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Veera Kauppi
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Personal information
National teamFinland
Born (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 28)
Tampere, Finland
Sport
SportFloorball
League Swedish Super League
Club Team Thorengruppen
Medal record
Women's floorball
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Chengdu Finland
Women's World Floorball Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Slovakia Finland
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Switzerland Finland
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Sweden Finland
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Singapore Finland
Updated on 11 September 2024

Oona Kauppi (born 19 July 1997) is a Finnish floorball player who plays for the Team Thorengruppen and has played over 60 international matches for the Finland national team. She is also a former footballer who has played in the Women's League for Ilves.

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Club career

In floorball, Kauppi was a member of Koovee's squad from 2011 to 2018. In the 2014–2015 season, she was fifth in the league's points total with 32+17. [1] In the summer of 2018, she moved to play for the Swedish team IKSU with her sister Veera. [2] In 2020, IKSU withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties and the siblings also moved to Team Thorengruppen, playing in Umeå. [3] Kauppi was named the best female player of the 2019–2020 season. She won the Swedish league championship with IKSU [4] and Thorengruppen.

International career

In 2014, Kauppi achieved silver at the World Championship with the Finnish under-19 national team. [1] She was the team's top scorer at the World Cup with nine goals and two assists. [5] Kauppi has also served as the captain of that national team. [1] She missed the 2015 Women's World Championships due to a knee injury. [6] In 2016, she won silver at the U19 World Cup for the second time. [6] In 2017, she won silver at the Women's World Championship, [6] [7] as well as winning bronze in 2019, [8] before winning silver again in 2021 [9] [10] and 2023. [11] [12] She was the top scorer at the 2019 World Championship with 15 goals and was named the tournament's most valuable player. [8]

Association football career

In football, Kauppi played as a midfielder. She made her debut for the Ilves in the Women's League in August 2015 against Merilappi United, coming on as a substitute for the last minute. She won one Finnish Championship silver medal in the league. [6]

Personal life

Kauppi's twin sister Veera Kauppi also plays floorball for Team Thorengruppen and the Finnish national team, and has played football for Ilves. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aalto, Pekka: Pallonkesyttäjät. Aamulehti 27.9.2015, s.A30-A32
  2. ↑ "Veera Kauppi första ord om Zug-uppgifterna". expressen.se.
  3. ↑ "Innebandy: Tvillingsystrarna Kauppi klara för nykomlingen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sami Johansson ja Oona Kauppi salibandykauden parhaat". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2020-04-26.
  5. ↑ "Women´s U19 WFC 2014 - Poland: Scoring Leaders". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Vainio, Annina (8 December 2017). Kaksin aina Kaupimpi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. p. A32.
  7. ↑ Visuri, Roope (9 December 2017). "Suomelta uskomaton taistelu ja kiri MM-finaalissa! Ruotsi lopulta maailmanmestariksi rankkareilla". Yle. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. 1 2 Lehtisaari, Matti (15 December 2019). "Suomen MM-pronssijoukkueen maalitykki Oona Kauppi sai merkittävän kunnianosoituksen" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Hirvonen, Hinni (5 December 2021), Salibandynaisten kutkuttava MM-finaali päättyi tappioon – tämä jatkoaikaosuma ratkaisi trillerin Ruotsille (in Finnish), Yle, retrieved 5 December 2021
  10. ↑ "Tässä Suomen salibandynaiset Uppsalan MM-kisoissa – mukana viisi ensikertalaista" (in Finnish). Suomen Salibandyliitto. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Naisten salibandymaajoukkue Singaporen MM-kisoihin valittu – mukana viisi ensikertalaista". Suomen Salibandyliitto. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Suomen loppukiri finaalissa ei riittänyt – Ruotsi voitti MM-kultaa yhdeksännen kerran peräkkäin". Ilkka-Pohjalainen. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Maailman paras naispelaaja saa asunnon, auton ja vessapaperit – ruotsalaiset hullaantuivat suomalaiskaksosista: "Sairasta, miten hyviä he ovat"". yle.fi.
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