Oona Kauppi

Oona Kauppi
Personal information
National teamFinland
Born (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997
Tampere, Finland
Sport
SportFloorball
LeagueSwedish Super League
ClubTeam Thorengruppen
Medal record
Women's floorball
Representing  Finland
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2025 Chengdu Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Slovakia Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Sweden Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Singapore Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Switzerland Team
Updated on 11 September 2024

Oona Kauppi (born 19 July 1997) is a Finnish floorball player who plays for the Team Thorengruppen and has played over 60 international matches for the Finland national team. She is also a former footballer who has played in the Women's League for Ilves.

Club career

In floorball, Kauppi was a member of Koovee's squad from 2011 to 2018. In the 2014–2015 season, she was fifth in the league's points total with 32+17.[1] In the summer of 2018, she moved to play for the Swedish team IKSU with her sister Veera.[2] In 2020, IKSU withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties and the siblings also moved to Team Thorengruppen, playing in Umeå.[3] Kauppi was named the best female player of the 2019–2020 season. She won the Swedish league championship with IKSU[4] and Thorengruppen.

International career

In 2014, Kauppi achieved silver at the World Championship with the Finnish under-19 national team.[1] She was the team's top scorer at the World Cup with nine goals and two assists.[5] Kauppi has also served as the captain of that national team.[1] She missed the 2015 Women's World Championships due to a knee injury.[6] In 2016, she won silver at the U19 World Cup for the second time.[6] In 2017, she won silver at the Women's World Championship,[6][7] as well as winning bronze in 2019,[8] before winning silver again in 2021[9][10] and 2023.[11][12] She was the top scorer at the 2019 World Championship with 15 goals and was named the tournament's most valuable player.[8]

Association football career

In football, Kauppi played as a midfielder. She made her debut for the Ilves in the Women's League in August 2015 against Merilappi United, coming on as a substitute for the last minute. She won one Finnish Championship silver medal in the league.[6]

Personal life

Kauppi's twin sister Veera Kauppi also plays floorball for Team Thorengruppen and the Finnish national team, and has played football for Ilves.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Aalto, Pekka: Pallonkesyttäjät. Aamulehti 27.9.2015, s.A30-A32
  2. ^ "Veera Kauppi första ord om Zug-uppgifterna". expressen.se.
  3. ^ "Innebandy: Tvillingsystrarna Kauppi klara för nykomlingen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Sami Johansson ja Oona Kauppi salibandykauden parhaat". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Women´s U19 WFC 2014 - Poland: Scoring Leaders". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Vainio, Annina (8 December 2017). Kaksin aina Kaupimpi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. p. A32.
  7. ^ Visuri, Roope (9 December 2017). "Suomelta uskomaton taistelu ja kiri MM-finaalissa! Ruotsi lopulta maailmanmestariksi rankkareilla". Yle. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. ^ a b Lehtisaari, Matti (15 December 2019). "Suomen MM-pronssijoukkueen maalitykki Oona Kauppi sai merkittävän kunnianosoituksen" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  9. ^ Hirvonen, Hinni (5 December 2021), Salibandynaisten kutkuttava MM-finaali päättyi tappioon – tämä jatkoaikaosuma ratkaisi trillerin Ruotsille (in Finnish), Yle, retrieved 5 December 2021
  10. ^ "Tässä Suomen salibandynaiset Uppsalan MM-kisoissa – mukana viisi ensikertalaista" (in Finnish). Suomen Salibandyliitto. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Naisten salibandymaajoukkue Singaporen MM-kisoihin valittu – mukana viisi ensikertalaista". Suomen Salibandyliitto. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Suomen loppukiri finaalissa ei riittänyt – Ruotsi voitti MM-kultaa yhdeksännen kerran peräkkäin". Ilkka-Pohjalainen. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Maailman paras naispelaaja saa asunnon, auton ja vessapaperit – ruotsalaiset hullaantuivat suomalaiskaksosista: "Sairasta, miten hyviä he ovat"". yle.fi.