Kati Ahonen

Katariina "Kati" Ahonen (born 7 November 1966) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender. A ten-season member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, she won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1992 and 1994, and participated in five IIHF European Women Championships, winning gold at the tournaments in 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1995, and bronze at the 1996 tournament.[1][2]

Kati Ahonen
Born (1966-11-07) 7 November 1966
Helsinki, Finland
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Itä-Helsingin Kiekko
Kiekko-Espoo
Keravan Shakers
Tampereen Ilves
National team  Finland
Playing career 1982–2001
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1994 United States
Bronze medal – third place1992 Finland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Latvia
Gold medal – first place1993 Denmark
Gold medal – first place1991 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place1989 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place1996 Russia

At age 15, Ahonen debuted with the Tampereen Ilves Naiset in the inaugural season (1982–83) of the Naisten SM-sarja, the first national women’s ice hockey league in Finland.[3] She went on to play a nineteen-season career in the league with the Tampereen Ilves Naiset, the Keravan Shakers, the Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (also under the name Espoo Blues Naiset), and the Itä-Helsingin Kiekko Naiset (IHK).[4] During her playing career, Ahonen won the Finnish Championship eight times: four times with the Tampereen Ilves, in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988; three times with the Keravan Shakers, in 1994, 1995, and 1996; and with the Espoo Blues in 1999.[2]

References
  1. Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Goalies, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 681. ISBN 9780986796470.
  2. Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. pp. 238, 308, 310. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "Ilves 90 – Women's Hockey since the 1970s". Hockey Hall of Fame Finland. 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. "Mestareita ja historian havinaa". Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (in Finnish). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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