Personal information | |
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Nationality | Finland |
Born | Jyväskylä, Finland | May 10, 1977
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Floorball |
Position | Forward |
Shoots | Left |
League | SSL |
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Turned pro | 1995 |
Mika Kohonen (born May 10, 1977) is a retired Finnish floorball player[1] and nowadays a floorball coach. He currently coaches Storvreta IBK,[2] a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He also used be a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years both as a player and assistant coach.[3][4]
He had his own line of floorball sticks, called MK29, which were released by floorball company Karhu.
In a poll conducted by the Swedish magazine Innebandymagazinet, reporters and national team coaches have voted Kohonen the world's best floorball player for five times; in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.[5][6]
His brother, Mikko Kohonen, is also a floorball player.[7]