Joonas Riismaa
{{short description|Estonian professional basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Joonas Riismaa
| image =
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| position = Small forward
| height_m = 1.99{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/230568/Joonas-Riismaa|title=Joonas Riismaa|work=FIBA.basketball}}
| weight_kg = 90
| league = Serie A2
| team = Pallacanestro Cantù
| number = 24
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rapla, Estonia
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| career_start = 2018
| career_end =
| years1 = 2018–2022
| team1 = Pistoia Basket 2000
| years2 = 2018–2020
| team2 = →Basket Montale
| years3 = 2022–2024
| team3 = New Basket Brindisi
| years4 = 2024–present
| team4 = Pallacanestro Cantù
| highlights =
- Italian Second League champion (2025)
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{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|EST}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B}}
{{MedalBronze| 2022 Georgia | U20 Team}}
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Joonas Riismaa (born 6 March 2002) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2. He also represents the Estonian national team.
Professional career
Riismaa played youth basketball with Mens Sana Basketball Academy.{{cite web|title=Eesti korvpallitalent siirdub Itaaliasse|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/3787259/eesti-korvpallitalent-siirdub-itaaliasse|language=et|date=3 August 2016|work=Postimees Sport|accessdate=24 April 2023}} In 2018, he signed a junior contract with Pistoia Basket.{{cite web|title=Itaalia kõrgliigaklubisse siirdunud Joonas Riismaa: mingit allahindlust mulle ei tehta|url=https://korvpall24.ee/intervjuu-itaalia-korgliigaklubisse-siirdunud-joonas-riismaa-mingit-allahindlust-mulle-ei-tehta|language=et|date=26 October 2018|work=Korvpall24 |accessdate=24 April 2023}} After playing for Pistoia's under-18 and reserve teams from 2018 to 2020, Riismaa made his debut for the senior team in 2020.
On 11 July 2022, Riismaa signed a contract with Happy Casa Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the FIBA Europe Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.basket.ee/et/uudised?news_id=9575|title=20-aastane ääremängija Joonas Riismaa liitus Itaalia kõrgliigaklubiga Brindisi|publisher=Estonian Basketball Association|date=11 July 2022|language=et|access-date=1 March 2023}}
National team career
Riismaa helped the Estonian U20 national team win the bronze medal at the Division B tournament of the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u20b/2022/news/serbia-finish-unbeaten-to-take-the-title-estonia-clinch-division-a-status|title=Serbia finish unbeaten to take the title; Estonia clinch Division A status|work=FIBA.basketball|date=24 July 2022|access-date=1 March 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{FIBA|new_id=230568|old_id=135604}}
- {{FIBA 3x3}}
- [http://www.basket.ee/et/mangijate-otsing?pid=13402 Joonas Riismaa] at Basket.ee {{in lang|et}}
- {{Instagram}}
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Category:Estonian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:Estonian men's basketball players
Category:Lega Basket Serie A players
Category:New Basket Brindisi players
Category:Sportspeople from Rapla County
Category:Pistoia Basket 2000 players
Category:21st-century Estonian sportsmen
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