Birth Date: | 26 October 1975 |
Birth Place: | Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland |
Height Cm: | 159 |
Weight Kg: | 65 |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | Kärpät Oulu Ilves Tampere IHK Helsinki HPK Hämmenlinna |
Sex: | f |
Ntl Team: | FIN |
Career End: | 2011 |
Katja Hannele Riipi (born 26 October 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team.[1] She won an Olympic bronze medal representing Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2] A seven-time competitor in the IIHF Women's World Championship, she won bronze medals at the tournaments in 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2004. She also participated in the 1996 IIHF European Women Championships, winning bronze with Finland.[3]
Riipi was born in Sodankylä.