Petra Ojaranta

Petra Ojaranta (born March 17, 1976, Turku)^[1] is a Finnish ringette player. She is one of Finland's most successful ringette players of all time and has been involved in winning six World Ringette Championships, including the 1998 EuroTour, playing for the Finland national ringette team.

Petra Ojaranta

Personal information
Nationality	Finland
Born	(1976-08-17) 17 August 1976 (age 48) Turku (Finland)
Sport
Country	Finland  Canada World
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
Team	- Team Finland Sr. - 1985–1994 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette - 1994–1996 VG-62, SM Ringette - 1996–1999 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette - 1999–2000 Espoon Kiekkoseura [fi] EKS, SM Ringette - 2001–2002 Edmonton Ringette Club - 2002–2005 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette - 2005–2017 RNK Flyers, SM Ringette - 2017–2020 BC Thunder, NRL - 2020 – RNK Flyers, SM Ringette
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd WRC 6 2 0 RWCC 0 1 0 CRC 0 1 0 SMRC (Nationals) 2  ?  ? Total 8 4 0 Ringette World Ringette Championships Representing  Finland 1994 USA 1996 Sweden 1998 EuroTour 2000 Finland 2002 Canada 2004 Sweden 2007 Canada 2010 Finland SM Ringette Championships (Nationals) 9
Updated on August 28, 2023

Ojaranta also competed in two national ringette leagues, SM Ringette in Finland and the National Ringette League in Canada, as well as the Ringette World Club Championship and Canadian Ringette Championships.

Career

Petra Ojaranta developed a passion for ringette at the age of 9. She started playing for the Turku club and during her career represented the South West Finland region with various clubs including Turku, VG-62 and (EKS).

World Ringette Championships

Ojaranta competed in the World Ringette Championships eight times. She eventually became the oldest player of the Finland national team since she had been selected since 1994 and she had accumulated numerous international medals.

Finland

National

At the national level she reached 4 Finnish professional elite league championships, three silver medals, one bronze. She was selected on the All Stars team in 2000-2001 and 2002–2003.

SM Ringette

Ojaranta is sixth after the 2021–2022 season in the all-time point statistics of the SM Ringette league. She played 680 games and scored power points in them: 725 + 1103 = 1828.^[2]

Since 2005, she has been playing for the RNK Flyers, where in addition she takes care of training the junior teams affiliated to the club. In 2010–11, she helped her team win the national SM Ringette championship.

Canada

Canadian Ringette Championships

Ojaranta also has experience in Canada, where she went to play in the 2001–02 season, in Edmonton. Her Alberta team placed second at the Canadian Ringette Championships. At that time, the Canadian championship was strictly amateur and the National Ringette League did not exist.

National Ringette League

In addition to Finland, Ojaranta has played in Canada's National Ringette League in the ranks of the Edmonton Ringette Club, and in the BC Thunder team in Vancouver.

Statistics

Club

International

Statistics per competition

Year	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		Results
1994	World Ringette Championships									Gold
1996	World Ringette Championships[3]		6	8	4	12	-	-		Silver
1998	World Ringette Championships (EuroTour)									Gold
2000	World Ringette Championships									Gold
2002	World Ringette Championships									Silver
2004	World Ringette Championships									Gold
2007	World Ringette Championships[4]		4	4	11	15	-	4		Gold
2010	World Ringette Championships[5]		5	2	2	4	-	0		Gold

Awards

• SM Ringette gold - 2011, 2017, ?, ? - 4 Finnish championship titles
• Gold medal - World Ringette Championships - 1994, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010
• World Ringette Championship silver - 1996, 2002
• Ringette World Club Championship silver for club teams - 2011
• Canadian Ringette Championships - silver- 2001-02

Individual honours

• Voted to the elite Finnish semi-professional ringette league, SM Ringette, All-Star Team for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons