Riikka Lehtonen

Riikka Lehtonen
Riikka Lehtonen
Personal information
Full name	Riikka Hannele Lehtonen
Born	24 July 1979 (age 45); Kangasala, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Career
1995–1998 ; 1998–1999 ; 1999–2001 ; 2001–2004 ; 2004–2005 ; 2005–2006 ; 2006–2007 ; 2007–2008 ; 2008 ; 2008–2009 ; 2009–2010 ; 2010–2011 ; 2011–2012 ; 2012 ; 2012–2013 ; 2013	OrPo ; Raiku ; La Rochette ; RC Cannes ; Vicenza ; Bergamo ; NEC Red Rockets ; Vakıfbank Istanbul ; Pallavolo Villanterio ; Olympiacos ; Sirio Perugia ; Igtisadchi Baku ; River Volley ; Crema ; LP Kangasala ; Azerrail Baku
National team
1995-	Finland

Riikka Lehtonen (born 24 July 1979 in Kangasala, Finland) is a Finnish volleyball and beach volley player. She is the most successful female volleyball player in Finland. Lehtonen has played for several professional clubs in Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Greece and Azerbaijan.

Since 2014 Lehtonen has competed in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour with Taru Lahti.^[1]

Club honours

^ "Lehtonen and Lahti chase Olympic dream" FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, 23 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ "Riikka Lehtoselle uran 11:s beach volleyn Suomen mestaruus – "Olen kiitollinen siitä, että saan vielä pelata"" [Riikka Lehtonen, 11th career beach volleyball Finnish Champion - "I am grateful that I am still playing"] (in Finnish). yle. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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