Touko Tainamo Explained

Touko Tainamo
Position:Power forward
Height M:2.06
Weight Kg:100
League:Mountain West
Team:Wyoming Cowboys basketball
Birth Date:6 January 2001
Birth Place:Helsinki, Finland
High School:Helsinki Basketball Academy,
(Helsinki, Finland)
College:Denver (2021–2024)
Wyoming (2024–present)
Career Start:2017
Years1:2017–2018
Team1:Munkkiniemen Kisapojat
Years2:2018–2020
Team2:HBA-Märsky

Touko Tainamo (born 6 January 2001) is a Finnish college basketball player who plays for Wyoming Cowboys in Mountain West Conference.[1] [2] [3]

College career

In December 2023 while playing with Denver Pioneers, Tainamo grabbed a Denver's record-tying 20 rebounds in a game.[4]

National team career

Tainamo has played for Finland U18 at the 2018 FIBA U18 European Championship and at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship.[5] He also represented Finland at the postponed 2021 Summer Universiade competitions in Chengdu in the summer 2023,[6] [7] where Finland finished 5th, the best position in the nation's history.

He has played one game with the Finland national basketball team in 2020.

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Denver| 32 || 23 || 22.7 || .578 || .353 || .581 || 5.1 || .5 || .4 || .6 || 7.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Denver| 32 || 25 || 27.8 || .524 || .417 || .692 || 6.4 || .9 || .5 || .4 || 10.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Denver| 34 || 34 || 29.5 || .467 || .343 || .728 || 7.7 || .6 || .4 || .6 || 15.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 98 || 82 || 26.7 || .508 || .360 || .696 || 6.4 || .7 || .5 || .5 || 11.2

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/touko-tainamo-luottaa-edelleen-omiin-vahvuuksiinsa/ Touko Tainamo luottaa edelleen omiin vahvuuksiinsa
  2. https://www.susijengi.com/touko-tainamo-siirtyy-seniorikaudeksi-wyomingiin/ Touko Tainamo siirtyy seniorikaudeksi Wyomingiin
  3. https://thesummitleague.org/news/2024/4/8/awards-usts-bjorklund-dus-tainamo-repeat-honorees-on-summitmbb-all-academic-team.aspx UST's Bjorklund, DU's Tainamo repeat honorees on #SummitMBB All-Academic Team
  4. https://www.susijengi.com/touko-tainamo-jakoi-denverin-yliopiston-ennatyksen/ Touko Tainamo jakoi Denverin yliopiston ennätyksen
  5. https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/238661/Touko--Tainamo Touko Tainamo FIBA profile
  6. https://www.basket.fi/susijengi/uutiset/rakkisudet-historialliselle-viidennelle-sijalle-universiadeissa/ Rakkisudet historialliselle viidennelle sijalle universiadeissa
  7. https://www.iltalehti.fi/koripallo/a/2b6dfcfd-43c6-4061-b24a-f018723ffea3 Kaksi suomalaispelaajaa tappeli maajoukkuetehtävissä: Nyt koripalloliitto reagoi