Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame

The Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of basketball in Finland. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from the Finnish Basketball Federation, the Finnish Basketball Foundation, the Sports Museum of Finland, among others. The first members were inducted in 2009.[1]

Finnish Basketball Academy
Established2009
LocationFinland
TypeHall of Fame

In both August 2015,[2] and 2016, four new people were inducted.[3] In 2017, there were six new inductees,[4] in 2018, four,[5] and in 2019, eight.[6]

Members
Finland
Korisliiga awards and honours
Individual awards
Members of Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
Induction Year Name
2009Kari Liimo
2009Raimo Lindholm
2009Kalevi Tuominen
2010Jouko Heikkinen
2010Gerald Lee Sr.
2010Risto Lignell
2010Anssi Rauramo
2010Kalevi Sarkalahti
2010Tapio Sten
2012Hilkka Hakola
2012Esko Karhunen
2012Pentti Salmi
2013Timo Lampén
2013Lea Hakala
2013Robert Petersen
2013Jorma Pilkevaara
2014Erkki Hiltunen
2014Kari-Pekka Klinga
2014Pertti Laanti
2014Eero Saarinen
2015Terhi Airas-Järventaus
2015Teijo Finneman
2015Larry Pounds
2015Juhani Salmenkylä
2016Martti Liimo
2016Heikki Kasko
2016Petri Kärkäinen
2016Leena Martin (née Vestala)
2017Martti Huhtamäki
2017Mikko Koskinen
2017Sakari Pehkonen
2017Anja Suomalainen (née Hellsten)
2017Timo Suviranta
2017Veikko Vainio
2018Hillevi Eskelinen
2018Risto Kala
2018Jarmo Laitinen
2018Eino Ojanen
2019Niilo Tammisalo
2019Vilho Nuoreva
2019Nils Fabricius
2019Seppo Kuusela
2019Tom Hynninen
2019Risto Piipari
2019Seija Leino
2019Reija Vesa

See also

Sources

References
  1. "Lindholm, Liimo ja Tuominen ensimmäiset Legendat". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. "Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. "Liimo, Kärkäinen, Martin ja Kasko Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. "Kuusi uutta legendaa Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. "Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame täydentyy neljällä uudella legendalla". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  6. "Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame täydentyi kahdeksalla koripallolegendalla". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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