Annina Rajahuhta

Annina Rajahuhta (born 8 March 1989) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward, currently serving as co-head coach of the Kiekko-Espoo girl’s under-16 and under-18 teams. She played ten seasons with the Finnish national team, winning bronze medals at the 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics prior to retiring from national competition in 2020.^[1]

Annina Rajahuhta
Rajahuhta with the Burlington Barracudas of the CWHL in the 2011–12 season.
Born	(1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 33) Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Porvoo-Borgå Hunters IHK Helsinki Tampereen Ilves HPK Hämeenlinna Burlington Barracudas Espoo United Kunlun Red Star Espoo Blues Kiekko-Espoo
National team	Finland
Playing career	2005–2021
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey 2010 Vancouver Ice hockey World Championships 2019 Finland 2011 Switzerland Universiade 2011 Turkey Ice hockey

Playing career

In Finland, she played for HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Naisten SM-sarja (Finnish national women's league, renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). For the 2011–12 CWHL season, Rajahuhta joined the Burlington Barracudas. In the bronze medal game at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Annina Rajahuhta scored a goal^[2] as Finland lost to Switzerland beat by a 6–2 tally.^[3]

CWHL

On 18 November 2011, Rajahuhta was one of several Burlington Barracudas players that competed in the first ever Hockey Helps the Homeless Women's Tournament. Said tournament was held at the Magna Centre in Newmarket, Ontario.^[4]

Other

Rajahuhta scored the only goal for Team World in a 3–1 loss at the 2019 Aurora Games.^[5]

Career stats

Team Finland

Event	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	PIM	+/-
2010 Winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	0	−2

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References

1. Miettinen, Heikki (21 April 2020). "Naisleijonien Annina Rajahuhta kirjoitti tunteikkaan kirjeen maajoukkueuran loppumisesta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
2. "Switzerland beats Finland for bronze". Associated Press. 14 April 2012 – via The Globe and Mail.
3. (PDF). reports.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
5. Jim Schiltz (23 August 2019). "Aurora Games: Team Americas takes hockey on late goals". dailygazette.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
6. . Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Annina Rajahuhta at Olympedia  
• Annina Rajahuhta at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)  
• Annina Rajahuhta on Twitter