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Petra Ojaranta

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Petra Ojaranta
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1976-08-17) 17 August 1976 (age 48)
Turku (Finland)
Sport
Country
PositionForward
ShootsRight
Team
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
WRC 6 2 0
RWCC 0 1 0
CRC 0 1 0
SMRC (Nationals) 2 ? ?
Total 8 4 0
Ringette
World Ringette Championships
Representing  Finland
Gold medal – first place 1994 USA
Silver medal – second place 1996 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 1998 EuroTour
Gold medal – first place 2000 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2002 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2004 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2007 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2010 Finland
SM Ringette Championships (Nationals)
Gold medal – first place 9
Updated on 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.

Career

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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).

World Ringette Championships

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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.

Finland

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National

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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.

SM Ringette

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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.

Canada

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Canadian Ringette Championships

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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.

National Ringette League

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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.

Statistics

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Club

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International

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Statistics per competition
Year Event GP G A Pts +/- PIM Results
1994 World Ringette Championships Gold Gold
1996 World Ringette Championships[3] 6 8 4 12 - - Silver Silver
1998 World Ringette Championships (EuroTour) Gold Gold
2000 World Ringette Championships Gold Gold
2002 World Ringette Championships Silver Silver
2004 World Ringette Championships Gold Gold
2007 World Ringette Championships[4] 4 4 11 15 - 4 Gold Gold
2010 World Ringette Championships[5] 5 2 2 4 - 0 Gold Gold

Awards

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Individual honours

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  • Voted to the elite Finnish semi-professional ringette league, SM Ringette, All-Star Team for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Raision Nuorisokiekko" (in Finnish).[dead link]
  2. ^ "Kaikkien aikojen tilasto" (PDF). Suomen Ringetteliitto. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ International Ringette Federation, http://www.ringette.cc/id115.htm Copie archivée at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-11-12)
  4. ^ http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&subType=0&season_id=9&league_id=7&lastActive=&confId=0
  5. ^ http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/player.php?id=768
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