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| Visa Tuominen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 July 1983 |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Coach | Sejia-Maria Lehtonen |
| Skating club | Turun Riennon SC, Turku |
Visa Tuominen (born 7 July 1983 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish figure skater. [1] He is the 2002 Finnish national silver medalist. He competed for three seasons on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.
Helsinki Halli is a large multi-functional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened in April 1997. The arena is convertible for various events. The total seated capacity during ice hockey games is 13,349 and as an amphitheatre, it is significantly reduced to between 3,000 to 5,000.
Kiekko-Espoo Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland at the harjoitusareena of the Tapiolan urheilupuisto. The team was founded as Espoon Kiekkoseura or EKS in 1989 and has also been known as Espoo Blues Naiset and Espoo United Naiset during its tenure in the Naisten Liiga. Kiekko-Espoo have won the Aurora Borealis Cup as the Finnish Champions in women's ice hockey sixteen times, six more wins than any other team in league history; at least one Finnish Championship medal was won under each of the four names.
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Arvo "Poika" Tuominen was a Finnish communist revolutionary and later a social democratic journalist, politician and author. He was given his nickname Poika in 1920 because of his boyish look.
Oiva Emil Kalervo "Oippa" Tuominen was a Finnish fighter ace and a Mannerheim Cross knight of the second class. He flew over 400 missions and shot down 44 Soviet aircraft. He was the most successful Finnish biplane fighter ace, and also the most successful Finnish Fiat G.50 Freccia pilot.
Kaarlo Jalmari Tuominen was a Finnish runner. He had his best achievements in the 3000 m steeplechase, winning a silver medal at the 1936 Olympics and placing fourth at the 1938 European Championships. He worked as a police officer in Helsinki.
Olli Tuominen is a professional squash player who represented Finland. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in February 2006.
Saara Elisa Niemi, née Tuominen is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and current general manager and head coach of HIFK Naiset of the Naisten Liiga (NSML). At the 2006 Torino Olympics, Tuominen competed for Finland. scoring one goal and four assists. She was an alternate captain for Finland's women's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where the Finns won the bronze medal.
Minnamari "Minttu" Tuominen is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with Kiekko-Espoo. A member of the Finnish national ice hockey team since 2008, she has earned medals at three Winter Olympic Games and five IIHF World Women's Championships.
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Finland women's national inline hockey team is the national inline hockey team for Finland. The team finished seventh at the 2011 Women's World Inline Hockey Championships.
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Kalevi Vilho Tapio ”Kallu” Tuominen was a Finnish basketball coach and player and sports executive, who also played handball and football at the national top-tier level as well as practiced many other sports. He worked as the overall head coach of Finnish Olympic Committee between 1969 and 1992. In basketball, the 174-centimetre-tall Jantunen played his whole SM-sarja career for Tampereen Pyrintö and also coached the team between 1960 and 1964. He was capped 11 times as a player and was a long-time head coach of Finland men's national team in its peak era. During Tuominen's coaching years 1955–1969 Finland qualified for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where it placed 11th, and played in seven EuroBaskets. In EuroBasket 1967 arranged in Finland, the host team placed sixth, which is still in 2016 Finland's best position in EuroBasket. Finland women's national basketball team placed 11th with Tuominen's guidance in EuroBasket 1956 Women. He worked also as a FIBA-licensed referee. Tuominen was inducted to Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame as one of its first members in 2009. Pyrintö has retired Tuominen's jersey but allows players to use his number 15.
Kalevi is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Jasse Tuominen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for I liga club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza as a striker.
Jaakko Tuominen was a Finnish hurdler. He competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he was the captain of the track team. Tuominen moved with his family to the United States in the early 1990s.
The Labor Organisation of Brothers-in-Arms was a Finnish nazi party operating from 1942, led by Arvi Nuorimo and JE Tuominen.
Tomi Tuominen is a Finnish former rally co-driver. Past drivers include Toni Gardemeister and Juho Hänninen.
Erkki Tuominen (1914–1975) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Communist Party and served as the minister of justice briefly between 1970 and 1971.
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