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The '''Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame''' is a [[hall of fame]] that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of [[basketball]] in [[Finland]]. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from the [[Finnish Basketball Federation]], the Finnish Basketball Foundation, [[The Sports Museum of Finland]], among others. The first members were inducted in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=572577|title=Lindholm, Liimo ja Tuominen ensimmäiset Legendat|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref>
The '''Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame''' is a [[hall of fame]] that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of [[basketball]] in [[Finland]]. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from the [[Finnish Basketball Federation]], the Finnish Basketball Foundation, [[The Sports Museum of Finland]], among others. The first members were inducted in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=572577|title=Lindholm, Liimo ja Tuominen ensimmäiset Legendat|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref>


In both August 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=33757533|title=Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref> and 2016, four new people were inducted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=41450435|title=Liimo, Kärkäinen, Martin ja Kasko Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref> In 2017, there were six new inductees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=50718546|title=Kuusi uutta legendaa Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref>
In both August 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=33757533|title=Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref> and 2016, four new people were inducted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=41450435|title=Liimo, Kärkäinen, Martin ja Kasko Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref> In 2017, there were six new inductees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/?x122462=50718546|title=Kuusi uutta legendaa Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref> in 2018, four<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/finnish-basketball-hall-of-fame-taydentyy-neljalla-uudella-legendalla/|title=Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame täydentyy neljällä uudella legendalla|publisher=Finnish Basketball Association|accessdate=1 September 2018}}</ref>.


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Revision as of 10:07, 1 September 2018

Finnish Basketball Academy
Established2009
LocationFinland
TypeHall of Fame

The Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of basketball in Finland. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from the Finnish Basketball Federation, the Finnish Basketball Foundation, The Sports Museum of Finland, among others. The first members were inducted in 2009.[1]

In both August 2015,[2] and 2016, four new people were inducted.[3] In 2017, there were six new inductees,[4] in 2018, four[5].

Members

Finland
Korisliiga awards and honours
Individual awards
Members of Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
Induction Year Name
2009 Kari Liimo
2009 Raimo Lindholm
2009 Kalevi Tuominen
2010 Jouko Heikkinen
2010 Gerald Lee Sr.
2010 Risto Lignell
2010 Anssi Rauramo
2010 Kalevi Sarkalahti
2010 Tapio Sten
2012 Hilkka Hakola
2012 Esko Karhunen
2012 Pentti Salmi
2013 Timo Lampén
2013 Lea Hakala
2013 Robert Petersen
2013 Jorma Pilkevaara
2014 Erkki Hiltunen
2014 Kari-Pekka Klinga
2014 Pertti Laanti
2014 Eero Saarinen
2015 Terhi Airas-Järventaus
2015 Teijo Finneman
2015 Larry Pounds
2015 Juhani Salmenkylä
2016 Martti Liimo
2016 Heikki Kasko
2016 Petri Kärkäinen
2016 Leena Martin (née Vestala)
2017 Martti Huhtamäki
2017 Mikko Koskinen
2017 Sakari Pehkonen
2017 Anja Suomalainen (née Hellsten)
2017 Timo Suviranta
2017 Veikko Vainio
2018 Hillevi Eskelinen
2018 Risto Kala
2018 Jarmo Laitinen
2018 Eino Ojanen

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Lindholm, Liimo ja Tuominen ensimmäiset Legendat". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Liimo, Kärkäinen, Martin ja Kasko Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Kuusi uutta legendaa Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame täydentyy neljällä uudella legendalla". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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