Tommy Suoraniemi

Tommy Suoraniemi
Personal information
Full name Tommy Roger Suoraniemi
Born (1969-02-28) 28 February 1969
Tensta, Sweden
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right wing
Youth career
Team
–
 Tyresö HF
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1990
 Tyresö HF
1990–1998
 HK Drott
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1995
 Sweden[1] 60 (87)
Teams managed
2011–2014
 HK Drott (assistant)
2014–2015
 HK Drott
2016–2019
 Finnish women
Medal record
Men's Handball[2]
Silver medal – second place1992 BarcelonaTeam

Tommy Roger Suoraniemi (born 28 February 1969 in Tensta)[2] is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

He made his debut for the Swedish national team in 1988 at the age of 19. In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal. He played one match and scored four goals.[2]

At club level Suoraniemi played for Tyresö HF and HK Drott.[3][4] With HK Drott he won two national championships, in 1991 and 1994.

Coaching career

From 2011 he was the assistant coach at HK Drott under Ulf Sivertsson. In 2013 Drott won the Swedish championship. On 28 February 2014 he became the head coach, after Ulf Sivertsson was fired.[5]

In November 2015 he was fired after a bad start to the new season.[6][7]

In September 2016 he became the head coach of the Finnish women's national team.[8] He stopped in this position in 2019.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Irene Ek / Jan Wigren, ed. (2015–2016). Handbollboken Officiell kalender för Svenska Handbollförbundet (in Swedish). Stockholm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tommy Suoraniemi at Sports Reference
  3. ↑ Christian Albinsson, Peter Kaschner, Per Albinsson, Calle Magnusson, ed. (2011). HK Drott 75 år 1936-2011. Bulls Graphics Halmstad. p. 128.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  4. ↑ Jakob Lundberg (17 June 1992). "Liten lirare stor på planen, Tommy Suoraniemi tro på semifinal i OS" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter.
  5. ↑ "Krisklubben sparkar dubble guldtränaren" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Anders Tornell (1 November 2015). "Suoraniemi avgår som tränare" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.
  7. ↑ "En perfekt situation för en galen spanjor" (in Swedish). P4 Halland SR. 2 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tommy Suoraniemi tar över damlandslaget i handboll – "Talang finns, det vet jag"". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Tommy Suoraniemi lopettaa naisten maajoukkueen päävalmentajana" (in Finnish). Finnish Handball Association. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
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