The Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that is the highest honor that is bestowed upon people that have impacted the sport of basketball in Finland. New Hall of Fame members are chosen by the Hall's board of experts, coming from the Finnish Basketball Federation, the Finnish Basketball Foundation, the Sports Museum of Finland, among others. The first members were inducted in 2009.
In both August 2015, and 2016, four new people were inducted. In 2017, there were six new inductees, in 2018, four, and in 2019, eight.
Members
+Members of Finnish Basketball Hall of FameInduction YearName2009 Kari Liimo2009 Raimo Lindholm2009 Kalevi Tuominen2010 Jouko Heikkinen2010 Gerald Lee Sr.2010 Risto Lignell2010 Anssi Rauramo2010 Kalevi Sarkalahti2010 Tapio Sten2012 Hilkka Hakola2012 Esko Karhunen2012 Pentti Salmi2013 Timo Lampén2013 Lea Hakala2013 Robert Petersen2013 Jorma Pilkevaara2014 Erkki Hiltunen2014 Kari-Pekka Klinga2014 Pertti Laanti2014 Eero Saarinen2015 Terhi Airas-Järventaus2015 Teijo Finneman2015 Larry Pounds2015 Juhani Salmenkylä2016 Martti Liimo2016 Heikki Kasko2016 Petri Kärkäinen2016 Leena Martin (née Vestala)2017 Martti Huhtamäki2017 Mikko Koskinen2017 Sakari Pehkonen2017 Anja Suomalainen (née Hellsten)2017 Timo Suviranta2017 Veikko Vainio2018 Hillevi Eskelinen2018 Risto Kala2018 Jarmo Laitinen2018 Eino Ojanen2019 Niilo Tammisalo2019 Vilho Nuoreva2019 Nils Fabricius2019 Seppo Kuusela2019 Tom Hynninen2019 Risto Piipari2019 Seija Leino2019 Reija Vesa2025 Leon Huff Minna Myllylä Mikael Salmi Oiva Virtanen2026 Henrik Dettmannin Annamaija Keturi Juha Luhtanen Virpi Leino (née Juntunen) Alarik Vihersola
See also Finnish Basketball Player of the Year College Basketball Hall of Fame Basketball Hall of Fame List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame FIBA Hall of Fame List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame EuroLeague Hall of Fame Italian Basketball Hall of Fame Spanish Basketball Hall of Fame Greek Basket League Hall of Fame French Basketball Hall of Fame VTB United League Hall of Fame Australian Basketball Hall of Fame Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Sources Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame Official Site Finnish Basketball Museum
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