Hannele Impola

Hannele Impola is a Finnish ten-pin bowler, born on 1 March 1984 in Oulu and later based in Lahti, where she bowled for the club BAY. She came up through the Oulu skating society and the Grankulla Bowlare club in Helsinki, played in the junior national team from 2000 and joined the senior women's national team in 2009. She won bronze with the Finnish women's trio at the 2010 European Championships in Riga and bronze in doubles with Marjo Pöntinen at the 2014 European Championships, and she was part of the team that won Nordic team gold in 2003. She also represented Finland at the 2011 and 2013 world championships and has won several Finnish championship medals. She ended her active career in 2016.