Marjo Hippi (born 4 February 1978) is a Finnish curler from Helsinki. She currently plays lead for Oona Kauste. Hippi was born in

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. After beginning curling in 2004, she joined the Tuire Autio rink in 2005 and finished 4th at the Finnish Women's Curling Championship in 2006. The next season she joined the Lare Norri rink as her third and again finished 4th at the Finnish Championship. The rink again finished 4th in 2008. In 2009, the team won their first medal, winning silver. They won a bronze medal at the 2010 Finnish championship. Hippi's first international curling competition was the

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, playing lead for the Finnish team, skipped by Tomi Rantamäki. The team would finish in 15th place. That season, Hippi skipped her own women's team, finishing 5th at the 2011 Finnish Women's Curling Championship. Hippi would play in the

2011 European Curling Championships The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.Sanna Puustinen Sanna Puustinen (born 24 March 1988; in marriage also known as Sanna Piilo) is a Finnish curler. Puustinen grew up in Hyvinkää but lives in Helsinki. Puustinen has represented Finland in four European Curling Championships. She was an al ...

. The team finished 12th with Hippi playing in one game. Hippi joined the Oona Kauste rink that year as her third, and won her first Finnish championships on the team. The next season, Hippi joined the

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rink at lead. They played for Finland at the

2012 European Curling Championships The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden. The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions wa ...

. The team would finish 10th. At the 2013 Finnish championship, they would win a gold medal. In 2013, Hippi joined the Sanna Puustinen team at lead. This team would represent Finland at the

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, placing in 11th. Hippi played with the Sanna Piilo rink in the 2014 Finnish championship, winning another gold. In 2014, again playing lead for Puustinen, Hippi was a member of the Finnish team at the

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, finishing in 6th place. This qualified Finland for the

2015 World Women's Curling Championship The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a world ...

, Hippi's first. There, Finland would finish in 11th place. That season Hippi won another medal at the Finnish championship. In 2015 Hippi joined the Oona Kauste rink as her lead. The team would go on to win a bronze medal at the

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and finished 11th at the

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Personal life

Hippi is employed as a researcher for the Finnish meteorological institute. She obtained a PhD degree in meteorology in 2023. She is in a common law marriage.

References

External links

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Marjo Hippi
on the Finnish Curling Association database Living people 1978 births Finnish female curlers Sportspeople from Helsinki Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Finnish curling champions {{Finland-curling-bio-stub