Emma Terho
Terho representing the IOC Athletes' Commission in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Emma Kristiina Laaksonen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1981 Washington, D.C., United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | MSc in Economics, Aalto University 2013 BBA in Finance, Ohio State University 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Ice hockey executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg){kind=link}
Emma Kristiina Laaksonen Terho (born 17 December 1981) is a Finnish ice hockey executive, retired defenceman and the current Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. She previously served as general manager of Kiekko-Espoo Naiset in the Naisten Liiga. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano she became the youngest Winter Olympian to medal for Finland, winning a bronze medal at the age of 16 years 54 days.