Mika Kohonen

Mika Kohonen

Mika Kohonen celebrates a goal during a Salibandyliiga game
Personal information
Nationality  Finland
Born (1977-05-10) 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
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

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "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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