Riikka Lehtonen | |||||
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Full name | Riikka Hannele Lehtonen | ||||
Born | Kangasala, Finland | 24 July 1979||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||
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Position | Libero | ||||
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Riikka Lehtonen (born 24 July 1979 in Kangasala, Finland) is a Finnish volleyball and beach volley player. She is the most successful female volleyball player in Finland. Lehtonen has played for several professional clubs in Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Greece and Azerbaijan.
Since 2014 Lehtonen has competed in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour with Taru Lahti. [1]
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