What is Hilkka Hakola?
{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Hilkka Hakola | image = Hilkka Hakola (1956).jpeg | caption = Hakola in 1956 | league = | team = | number = | height_m = 1.75 | weight_kg = | position = | birth_date = 23 February 1934 | birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland | death_date = 29 November 2022 | death_place = | nationality = Finnish | college = | draft_league = | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = | team1 = Helsingin Visaa | years2 = | team2 = Helsingin Työväen Uimareita | highlights = | medal_templates = }} '''Hilkka Hakola''' (23 February 1934 - 29 November 2022) was a Finnish female basketball player. Hakola was a member of the [[Finland women's national basketball team]] from 1952 to 1956. With the national team, she competed at [[EuroBasket Women 1952]] and [[EuroBasket Women 1956]]. She became 1956 [[Finnish Basketball Player of the Year]]. She was induced in the [[Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/em-korikuningatar-hilkka-hakola-on-poissa/ |title= EM-korikuningatar Hilkka Hakola on poissa |work=basket.fi|date=2 December 2022 |access-date=2 December 2022|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportti.com/uutinen.asp?CAT=4-1&ID=477550 |title= Basket.fi: EM-korikuningatar Hilkka Hakola on poissa |work=sportti.com|date=2 December 2022 |access-date=2 December 2022|language=fi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakola, Hilkka }} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish basketball players]] [[Category:Sportswomen]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Helsinki]] {{Sport-bio-stub}}