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| Birth Date: | 17 August 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Turku (Finland) |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Updated: | August 28, 2023 |
Petra Ojaranta (born March 17, 1976, Turku)[1] is a Finnish ringette player. She is one of Finland's most successful ringette players of all time and has been involved in winning six World Ringette Championships, including the 1998 EuroTour, playing for the Finland national ringette team.
Ojaranta also competed in two national ringette leagues, SM Ringette in Finland and the National Ringette League in Canada, as well as the Ringette World Club Championship and Canadian Ringette Championships.
Petra Ojaranta developed a passion for ringette at the age of 9. She started playing for the Turku club and during her career represented the South West Finland region with various clubs including Turku, VG-62 and (EKS).
Ojaranta competed in the World Ringette Championships eight times.She eventually became the oldest player of the Finland national team since she had been selected since 1994 and she had accumulated numerous international medals.
At the national level she reached 4 Finnish professional elite league championships, three silver medals, one bronze. She was selected on the All Stars team in 2000-2001 and 2002–2003.
Ojaranta is sixth after the 2021–2022 season in the all-time point statistics of the SM Ringette league. She played 680 games and scored power points in them: 725 + 1103 = 1828.[2]
Since 2005, she has been playing for the RNK Flyers, where in addition she takes care of training the junior teams affiliated to the club. In 2010–11, she helped her team win the national SM Ringette championship.
Ojaranta also has experience in Canada, where she went to play in the 2001–02 season, in Edmonton. Her Alberta team placed second at the Canadian Ringette Championships. At that time, the Canadian championship was strictly amateur and the National Ringette League did not exist.
In addition to Finland, Ojaranta has played in Canada's National Ringette League in the ranks of the Edmonton Ringette Club, and in the BC Thunder team in Vancouver.
| Year | Event | Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Gold | |||||||||
| World Ringette Championships[3] | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | - | - | Silver | |||
| World Ringette Championships (EuroTour) | Gold | |||||||||
| World Ringette Championships | Gold | |||||||||
| World Ringette Championships | Silver | |||||||||
| World Ringette Championships | Gold | |||||||||
| World Ringette Championships[4] | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | - | 4 | Gold | |||
| World Ringette Championships[5] | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | Gold |