Emma Kristiina Laaksonen Terho (born 17 December 1981) is a Finnish ice hockey executive, retired defenceman and the current Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission.[1] She previously served as general manager of Kiekko-Espoo Naiset in the Naisten Liiga.[2] At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano she became the youngest Winter Olympian to medal for Finland, winning a bronze medal at the age of 16 years 54 days.[3][4]
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| Birth name | Emma Kristiina Laaksonen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1981 Washington, D.C., United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | MSc in Economics, Aalto University 2013 BBA in Finance, Ohio State University 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Ice hockey executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editOhio State University
editTerho played college ice hockey with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program while attending Ohio State University (OSU) during 2000 to 2004. In the 2001–02 season she was the first women's ice hockey player from Ohio State to earn All-American honors when she was named to the 2001–02 Jofa/American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Second Team All-American[5] and was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.[6]
On 11 October 2008, Terho became the first women's hockey player to have her Buckeye number retired.[7] The retirement ceremony occurred prior to an Ohio State vs. Purdue University football game at Ohio Stadium, where Terho was recognized on the field at the 50-yard line. She was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame on 25 September 2009.[8][9]
Espoo Blues, 2004–2007
editIn Finland she played with the Espoo Blues Naiset, with whom she won the Finnish Championship eight times (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, and 2015). With the Espoo Blues she won three Finnish Championship bronze medals (1997, 1998, and 2006).[10]
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
editIn the 2007–08 season Terho played in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia with SKIF of the Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL). Three other Finnish players, forwards Kati Kovalainen, Karoliina Rantamäki, and Nora Tallus, also played for SKIF in that season. The team won the 2008 Russian Women's Hockey League Championship.[11]
Espoo, 2008–2017
editTerho returned to the Espoo Blues after the 2007-08 season in Russia. The 2008-09 season was very successful, both personally and for the team. Terho set a career high for assists with 32 and ended the regular season with an impressive 34 points in just 19 games.[12]
International play
edit
As a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, Terho was a five-time Winter Olympian and two time Olympic bronze medalist. In the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Olympics, she was the youngest player on the bronze medal winning Finnish team, at 16 years and 54 days.[13] She served as Finland's captain in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, at which she won her second Olympic bronze medal, and as an alternate captain in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Terho also represented Finland at eight IIHF Women's World Championships, winning bronze medals at the tournaments in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2009, in addition to participating at the tournaments in 2001, 2005, 2007, and 2013. She was selected to the Media All-Star team at the 2008 tournament.[14]
Sports administration
editTerho became involved in the administrative aspect of sport as a member of the Student Athlete Board during her junior and senior years at Ohio State University (2002–2004). In 2006, after graduating and returning to Finland to play in the Naisten SM-sarja, she became a member of the Finnish Olympic Committee. In 2011 as part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program (AMP) she became an Athlete Ambassador to Kazakhstan with the directive to use her experience at Olympic Games, World Championships, and other high level women's ice hockey programs to help build the women's game in her designated country.[15] As her playing career wound down, Terho ramped up her involvement in Finnish sports administration and became an influential and important player in that sphere.[16]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Terho was elected for an eight-year term as a member of the IOC Athletes' Commission, with the largest share of votes of all candidates put forward. The election also made her an International Olympic Committee Member. On 6 August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Terho was elected as the new Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. She replaced outgoing Chair Kirsty Coventry, who had served as Chair since 2018 and had remained in role for an additional year beyond her eight-year term to help maintain the IOC Athletes’ Commission's work during the COVID-19 pandemic, following the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games.[17]
Administrative titles and roles
edit- Member of the Board, Finnish Ice Hockey Association, 2014–present
- Member of the Finnish Advisory Board of Sport Ethics, 2015–present
- Chair of Finnish Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission, 2016–2020; member, 2006–2016
- Member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's Committee, 2016–present
- Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), 2018–present[18]
- Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission, 2021–present;[17] member, 2018–2021[19]
- Member of the Coordination Commission for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022), 2018–2022
- Member of the Olympic Programme Commission, 2018–present
- Member of the Marketing Commission, 2020–2021
- Member of the Legal Affairs Commission, 2019–2021[20]
- Member of the Olympic Solidarity Commission, 2022–present
- Member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board, 2018–present
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2021–present
Personal life
editTerho's mother is Vappu Viertola and her father is Jukka Laaksonen, a physicist and leading expert in the fields of nuclear energy and radiation safety; he served as Director General of the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority during 1997 to 2012.[21] Terho was born on 17 December 1981 in Washington, D.C., where her father had been invited to survey and improve nuclear safety in the United States following the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.[22]
Terho holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Ohio State University (2004) and a Masters of Science in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics at Aalto University (2013).[23] She began her career in finance while still an active ice hockey player, serving as a fixed income trader for Pohjola Bank from 2006 to 2013. Beginning in 2014, Terho served as a product manager for fixed income products at OP-Pohjola Financial Group.
Her husband, Teemu Terho, also works in banking. They have two children, born in 2012 and 2014.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996-97 | Kiekko-Espoo | Naisten SM-sarja | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1997-98 | Kiekko-Espoo | Naisten SM-sarja | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1998-99 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1999-00 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 25 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2000-01 | Ohio State Buckeyes | NCAA | 34 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001-02 | Ohio State Buckeyes | NCAA | 25 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002-03 | Ohio State Buckeyes | NCAA | 31 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003-04 | Ohio State Buckeyes | NCAA | 35 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004-05 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 19 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 22 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2006-07 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2007-08 | SKIF Nizhny Novgorod | RWHL | ||||||||||||
| 2008-09 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 19 | 2 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2009-10 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 2010-11 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 25 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2011-12 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 21 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2013-14 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 22 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | Espoo Blues | Naisten SM-sarja | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015-16 | did not play | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2016-17 | Espoo United | Naisten SM-sarja | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2018-19 | Espoo Blues | Naisten Liiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 125 | 34 | 64 | 98 | 46 | — | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Naisten SM-sarja totals | 261 | 54 | 172 | 226 | 108 | 78 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 52 | ||||
Club tournaments
edit| Year | Team | Event | Rank | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Espoo Blues | EWCC | 4th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Espoo Blues | EWCC | 
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Espoo Blues | EWCC | 
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2010 | Espoo Blues | EWCC |
|
3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Espoo Blues | EWCC |
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2015 | Espoo Blues | EWCC |
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Finland | OG |
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Finland | WW |
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Finland | WW | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2002 | Finland | OG | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Finland | WW |
|
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Finland | WW | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Finland | OG | 4th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2007 | Finland | WW | 4th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2008 | Finland | WW |
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Finland | WW |
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Finland | OG |
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Finland | WW | 4th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Finland | OG | 5th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 66 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 54 | ||||
Awards and honours
edit| Award | Year or Season |
|---|---|
| International | |
| Olympic Bronze Medal | 1998, 2010 |
| World Championship Bronze Medal | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009 |
| World Championship Best Defenceman | 2000 |
| World Championship All-Star Team | 2008 |
| Finland | |
| Finnish Championship Bronze Medal | 1996–97, 1997–98, 2005–06 |
| Aurora Borealis Cup Champion | 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14 |
| Finnish Player of the Year in Women's Ice Hockey | 2002, 2006 |
| European Champions Cup Best Defenceman | 2005, 2010 |
| Päivi Halonen Award (NSMs Best Defenseman) | 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 |
| Naisten SM-sarja All-Star Team | 2008–09, 2010–11 |
| Finnish Championship Silver Medal | 2016–17 |
| Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona #255 Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland |
2019 |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | |
| WCHA Rookie of the Week | Week of 6 March 2001[29] |
| NCAA Power-Play Goals Champion | 2001 |
| OSU Scholar Athlete | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
| WCHA Defensive Player of the Week | Week of 20 November 2001[30] |
| Week of 11 December 2001[31] | |
| Week of 9 December 2002[32] | |
| Patty Kazmaier Award Top-10 Finalist | 2001–02 |
| AHCA All-America Second Team | 2001–02 |
| WCHA All-Conference Second Team | 2001–02 |
| WCHA All-Star | 2001–02 |
| WCHA All-Academic Team | 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 |
| CoSIDA/ESPN At-Large Academic All-District IV Team | 2002–03, 2003–04 |
| AWHCA Scholar All-American | 2002–03, 2003–04 |
| WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year | 2003–04 |
| WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship | 2005 |
| Number retired by Ohio State Buckeyes | 2008 |
| Inducted to the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame | 2009 |
Records
editNCAA
editRecords valid through 2021–22 NCAA season.[35]
Season
- 2nd most power-play goals (17), 2000–01 season – tied with Valerie Chouinard (2006–07)
Single-game
- Most power play goals (3), Ohio State vs. Wayne State on 2 March 2001 – tied for first with nine other players: Andie Anastos, Hilary Knight, Bridgette Prentiss, Bobbi Ross, Melanie Salatino, Jenny Schmidgall-Potter, Laura Slominski, Blayre Turnbull, and Rebecca Vint
WCHA
editRecords valid through 2022–23 NCAA season.[39][40]
Career
- 10th most goals by a defender (34) – tied with Kerry Weiland and Rachel Ramsey
- 15th most points by a defender (99) – tied with Kobi Kawamoto
Season
- 1st most power play goals (17), 2000–01 season
- 5th most goals by a defender (19), 2000–01 season
- 10th most power play points (29), 2000–01 season – tied with Jenny Schmidgall-Potter (2002–03) and Jocelyne Lamoureux (2011–12, 2012–13)
- 19th most points per game by a defender (1.12), 2000–01
- 23rd most points by a defender (38), 2000–01 season – tied with Amber Bowman (2006–07), Courtney Kennedy (1999–2000), Satu Kiipeli (2000–01), and Michelle Sikich (1999–2000)
Single-game
- 1st most power play goals (3), Ohio State vs. Wayne State on 2 March 2001 – tied for first with six other players: Brigette Lacquette, Nadine Muzerall, Bobby Ross, Melanie Salatino, Laura Slominski, and Blayre Turnbull
Ohio State Buckeyes
editRecords valid through 2022–23 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season .[33][41]
Career
- 3rd most power-play goals (23) – tied with Erin Keys
- 4th most points by a defenseman (99) – tied with Jincy Dunne
- 4th most power-play points (59) – tied with Laura McIntosh
- 15th most points (99) – tied with Jincy Dunne
Season
- Most power-play goals (17), 2000–01
- Most power-play points (29), 2000–01
- 4th most points by a defenseman (38), 2000–01 – tied with Amber Bowman (2006–07)
- 6th most points by a freshman (38), 2000–01
Single-game
- Most power play goals (3), Ohio State vs. Wayne State on 2 March 2001
References
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External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Emma Terho at Olympics.com
- Emma Terho at Olympedia
