Mika Kohonen

Mika Kohonen

Mika Kohonen celebrates a goal during a Salibandyliiga game
Personal information
Nationality	Finland
Born	May 10, 1977 Jyväskylä, Finland
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
Sport	Floorball
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
League	SSL
Team	Happee, Salibandyliiga Balrog IK, SSL National team, Finland Storvreta IBK (current)
Turned pro	1995

Mika Kohonen (born May 10, 1977) is a Finnish floorball player.^[1] He currently plays for Storvreta IBK, a club in the Swedish Super League.^[2] He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He has also been a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years.

He had his own line of floorball sticks, called MK29, which were released by floorball company Karhu.

In a poll conducted by the Swedish magazine Innebandymagazinet, reporters and national team coaches have voted Kohonen the world's best floorball player for five times; in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.^[3][4]

Achievements

• World's Best Floorball Player in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by Innebandymagazinet^[3]

• World Championships
  • World Championships titles: 2008, 2010^[5]
  • World Championships runner-up: 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012^[5]
  • World Championships third-placed: 1998, 2004^[5]
  • World Championships All-Stars selection: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010^[5]

• Swedish Super League
  • Player of the Year: 2001-02
  • Rookie of the Year: 2001-02
  • Top Point Scorer: 2001-02
  • Most Assists: 2001-02, 2002-03
  • SSL Champion: 2010, 2011, 2012
  • SSL Third-placed: 2005, 2007, 2009

• Salibandyliiga
  • Most Assists: 2004-05^[6]

References

1. Laine, Suvi (20 April 2010). "Mika Kohonen: Estonia may surprise us all". World Floorball Championship 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
2. "Mika Kohonen" (in Swedish). Storvreta Innebandy. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
3. "Emelie Lindström & Mika Kohonen best players in the world". floorball.org. International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
4. "Kohonen valittiin maailman parhaaksi salibandyn pelaajaksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
5. "World Championships 1996-Present". floorball.org. International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
6. "Salibandyliigan ennätykset". floorball.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Floorball Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

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