Niina Mäkinen
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Niina Mäkinen (born 18 April 1992) is a Finnish retired
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and former member of the Finnish national team. She represented Finland at the
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in
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, and
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
. Her senior club career was played in the
Naisten SM-sarja The is the national premier league for women's ice hockey in Finland. Founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association as the Naisten Suomen mestaruus, SM-sarja (NSMs; ) in 1982, it was known as the Naisten Liiga (NSML;) from 2017 until being rebr ...
(renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017 and Auroraliiga in 2024) with Cats Jyväskylä, Team Oriflame, and
Oulun Kärpät Oulun Kärpät (Finnish language, Finnish for "Oulu Stoat, Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish champion ...
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* 1992 births Living people Cats Jyväskylä players Finnish ice hockey right wingers Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Naisten Liiga All-Stars Oulun Kärpät Naiset players People from Hankasalmi Team Kuortane players Ice hockey people from Central Finland 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub