Riikka Lehtonen (born 24 July 1979 in
Kangasala,
Finland) is a Finnish
volleyball and
beach volley
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
player. She is the most successful female volleyball player in Finland. Lehtonen has played for several professional clubs in Finland,
France,
Italy,
Japan
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,
Turkey,
Greece and
Azerbaijan.
Since 2014 Lehtonen has competed in the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the ' ( FIVB), the ...
with
Taru Lahti
Taru may refer to:
People Given or middle name
* Taru Kuoppa (born 1983), Finnish competitive archer
* Taru Mäkelä (born 1959), Finnish film director and screenwriter
* Taru Rinne (born 1968), Finnish motorcycle racer
* Bhai Taru Singh (1720– ...
.
Club honours
* Finnish Championship: 1997, 1999, 2019
* Finnish Cup: 1996, 1997, 2013
* French Championship: 2002, 2003, 2004
*French Cup: 2003, 2004
* Italian Championship: 2006
* Italian Cup: 2006
*
CEV Women's Champions League: 2002, 2003
*
CEV Women's Challenge Cup: 2008
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
People from Kangasala
Olympiacos SFP (women's volleyball) players
Finnish beach volleyball players
Finnish women's volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Finland
Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa
Women's beach volleyball players
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