Anne-Kristiina Haanpää (born 25 May 1959) is a Finnish retired

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International play

As a member of the Finnish women's national team, Haanpää participated in four

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1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, and

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

– and helped Finland capture a bronze medal at each tournament. Across 20 world championship games, she scored 8 goals and added 6 assists. Haanpää also represented Finland at five

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, winning four gold medals and one bronze.

Awards and honors

Haanpää was inducted into the referee category of the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland as #227 in recognition of her contributions as a trailblazer for women in on-ice officiating.

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* * 1959 births Living people Finnish ice hockey officials Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Tampere Ice hockey players with retired numbers Ilves Naiset players Keravan Shakers players Porin Ässät (women's ice hockey) players {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub