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Salla Kyhälä (born January 28, 1983, in
Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...
) is a retired elite Finnish
ringette Ringette is a winter team sport played on an ice rink using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. While the sport was originally created exclusively for female c ...
player and world champion in both ringette and
ice cross downhill Ice cross downhill is a winter extreme sporting event which involves direct competitive downhill skating on a walled track featuring sharp turns and high vertical drops. Ice cross downhill is similar to ski cross and boardercross, except with ...
. She played semi-pro ringette as a centre for in the elite Finnish semi-professional league,
SM Ringette SM Ringette, previously "", is the elite semi-professional ringette league in Finland's first division and its highest. The league features the best ringette players in Finland and is run by Ringette Finland. The league was known as until it wa ...
,and the Saskatoon Wild and BC Thunder in Canada's semi-pro
National Ringette League The National Ringette League (NRL) ''()'' is the premier league for the sport of ringette in North America and Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18 and up. The NRL is not a women's variant of a more well-known men's leag ...
. Kyhälä was also a member of the
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several times. Kyhälä was also the Women's World Champion in the World Extreme Downhill Skating Championships in ice cross downhill (a.k.a. Extreme Downhill Skating) three times.


Ringette

Salla Kyhälä has been playing ringette since she was 6 years old.


World Ringette Championships

Kyhälä played for the
Finland national ringette team , - !align=center style=background:#CEE0F2 , Seniors , - , - , - !align=center style=background:#CEE0F2 , Juniors , - , - , - !align=center style=background:#CEE0F2 , Juniors , - , - , - !align=center style=backg ...
under-20 team (U20) in the World Ringette Champuonships. At the
2010 World Ringette Championships The 2010 World Ringette Championships (''2010 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 9th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Tampere ...
, in the final game against Canada, she scored four goals giving her country the gold medal and world title.


SM Ringette

Kyhälä reached the semi-professional ranks in
Tuusula Tuusula (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, ...
in 1999 where she played for three seasons for club Tuusulan ringeten in the
SM Ringette SM Ringette, previously "", is the elite semi-professional ringette league in Finland's first division and its highest. The league features the best ringette players in Finland and is run by Ringette Finland. The league was known as until it wa ...
league, Finland's elite semi-pro ringette league. Kyhälä helped her club achieve their first silver medal at the Finnish National Championship in 2000 and their first bronze medal in 2001. She was then traded to club in 2003. In 2005, she was voted among the Kentälliseen All Stars of the elite SM Ringette league.


National Ringette League

Kyhälä moved to
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
in 2008 to play in the
National Ringette League The National Ringette League (NRL) ''()'' is the premier league for the sport of ringette in North America and Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18 and up. The NRL is not a women's variant of a more well-known men's leag ...
. She played 2 seasons for the Saskatoon Wild and later for the BC Thunder. In 2009, the honour of the most valuable player (Most Valuable Player) was awarded to her by the Canadian league.


Statistics


Club


International


Awards

* 2 (
SM Ringette SM Ringette, previously "", is the elite semi-professional ringette league in Finland's first division and its highest. The league features the best ringette players in Finland and is run by Ringette Finland. The league was known as until it wa ...
) Finnish championship titles (all won with ). * Gold Medal at the
2007 World Ringette Championships The 2007 World Ringette Championships (''2007 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 8th (VIII) of the World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in ...
* Gold Medal at the
2010 World Ringette Championships The 2010 World Ringette Championships (''2010 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 9th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Tampere ...


Individual honours

* Voted to the All-Star Team for the 2004–05 season in Finland's elite semi-pro ringette league,
SM Ringette SM Ringette, previously "", is the elite semi-professional ringette league in Finland's first division and its highest. The league features the best ringette players in Finland and is run by Ringette Finland. The league was known as until it wa ...
. * Voted MVP player in the
National Ringette League The National Ringette League (NRL) ''()'' is the premier league for the sport of ringette in North America and Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18 and up. The NRL is not a women's variant of a more well-known men's leag ...
- Canada for the 2008–09 season * Voted to the
2010 World Ringette Championships The 2010 World Ringette Championships (''2010 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 9th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Tampere ...
All-Star Team


Extreme downhill skating

Kyhälä was a gold medalist at the
Red Bull Crashed Ice Red Bull Crashed Ice was a world tour in ice cross downhill, a winter sport, winter extreme sport, extreme sporting event which involves downhill Ice skating, skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes steep turns and high vertic ...
races in
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
in 2011 and 2014. In 2015 Kyhälä won the first Extreme Downhill Skating World Championship in women's extreme downhill skating finishing in front of
Jacqueline Legere Jacqueline Legere (born 1991) is a Canadian stuntwoman and icecross downhill athlete currently competing in Red Bull Crashed Ice. During the 2016 season, Legere finished atop the Crashed Ice standings, emerging as the women’s world champion. Wh ...
, thanks to her victories at
Saint Paul Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...
and
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.


Sources


Quebec Red Bull Crashed ice (in )


Notes and references


See also

*
Ringette Ringette is a winter team sport played on an ice rink using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. While the sport was originally created exclusively for female c ...
* Downhill ice cross *
Crashed Ice Red Bull Crashed Ice was a world tour in ice cross downhill, a winter extreme sporting event which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes steep turns and high vertical drops. Racers speed down the course's ...
*
World Ringette Championships The World Ringette Championships (WRC) is the premier international competition in ringette and is governed by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Unlike most international competitions, all of the WRC's elite athletes are female rather ...
*
SM Ringette SM Ringette, previously "", is the elite semi-professional ringette league in Finland's first division and its highest. The league features the best ringette players in Finland and is run by Ringette Finland. The league was known as until it wa ...
*
National Ringette League The National Ringette League (NRL) ''()'' is the premier league for the sport of ringette in North America and Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18 and up. The NRL is not a women's variant of a more well-known men's leag ...
*
Marjukka Virta Marjukka Virta (born 1983 in Karinainen, Finland) is a retired elite Finnish ringette player who played forward in semi-professional ringette in Finland and for the Finland national ringette team, but now coaches the sport. Virta (now retired ...


External links


Profile of Salla Kyhälä
in the Finland national team at the
2010 World Ringette Championships The 2010 World Ringette Championships (''2010 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 9th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Tampere ...

Profile of Salla Kyhälä
on the site ''redbullcrashedice.com''

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