Linda Leppänen Explained
Caption: | Leppänen playing in an Ilves exhibition match in December 2022 |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1990 |
Birth Place: | Ylöjärvi, Finland |
Height M: | 1.66 |
Weight Kg: | 69 |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | Ylöjärven Ilves Espoo Blues Espoo United Tampereen Ilves |
Coached For: | Tampereen Ilves |
Sex: | f |
Ntl Team: | FIN |
Career Start: | 2002 |
Career End: | 2019 |
Career Start Coach: | 2020 |
Career End Coach: | 2022 |
Linda Leppänen née Välimäki (born 31 May 1990) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward and coach. Representing, she won bronze medals at the Winter Olympic Games in 2010 and 2018 and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2015 and 2017, and a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. In total, she played 167 matches with the Finnish national team. Leppänen announced her retirement from top athletic competition several months after achieving her career highlight world championship silver medal.[1]
Leppänen served as head coach of Ilves Tampere in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) during the 2020–21 and 2021–21 seasons. She resigned from the position in April 2022, motivated by a desire to spend more time with her three young children.[2] [3]
Career statistics
Event | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | PIM | +/- |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −2 | |
[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Notes and References
- Web site: Merk . Martin . 2019-07-24 . Linda Valimaki retires . 2019-07-26 . . en.
- Web site: Lahtinen . Matias . 2020-02-20 . Ilveksen naisten jääkiekkojoukkueen ensi kauden päävalmentajaksi maajoukkueessa meritoitunut Linda Välimäki . 2020-02-20 . Jatkoaika.com . fi.
- Web site: Raunio . Antti . 2022-04-01 . Linda Leppänen ei jatka Ilveksen päävalmentajana: "En ole mitään sulkenut elämästäni pois" . 2022-04-04 . . fi.
- Web site: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News . Vancouver2010.com . 8 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409120538/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-b-game-4_ihw400b02nFIN-vgame_stats-cr.html . 9 April 2010 .
- Web site: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News . Vancouver2010.com . 8 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409043514/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-b-game-8_ihw400b04nFIN-vgame_stats-eZ.html . 9 April 2010 .
- Web site: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News . Vancouver2010.com . 8 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409003838/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-b-game-11_ihw400b05nFIN-vgame_stats-lY.html . 9 April 2010 .
- Web site: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News . Vancouver2010.com . 8 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409120330/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-play-offs-semifinals---game-17_ihw400202nFIN-vgame_stats-by.html . 9 April 2010 .
- Web site: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News . Vancouver2010.com . 8 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100828180938/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-bronze-medal-game---game-19_ihw400102nFIN-vgame_stats-fR.html . 28 August 2010 .