| Birth Date: | 5 July 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Height Cm: | 168 |
| Weight Kg: | 75 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Jyväskylän Hockey Cats JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kuopio |
| Sex: | f |
| Ntl Team: | FIN |
| Career Start: | 1992 |
| Career End: | 2002 |
Tiina O. Paananen (born 5 July 1972) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey teams that won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1997 and 1999.[1]
Paananen played nine seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja with Kalevan Pallo Naiset (KalPa; 1993–1996), JyP HT Naiset and JYP Jyväskylä Naiset (1996–2000), and the Jyväskylän Hockey Cats (JyHC; 2000–2002). She won the Finnish Championship twice, first with JyP HT in 1997 and again in 1998, after the team was renamed JYP. Throughout her SM-sarja career, Paananen tallied 130 goals and 237 points in 176 regular season games, averaging a blistering 1.35 points per game across nearly a decade of play.[2]
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | WW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1999 | Finland | WW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||