Hanna-Riikka Sallinen (née Nieminen, previously Välilä; born 12 June 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey, bandy, rinkball, and pesäpallo player.

[7] Sallinen played eleven seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja and was a five time Finnish Champion, first in 1988–89 with Etelä-Vantaan Urheilijat (EVU), then in 1993–94 with the Keravan Shakers, and in 1996–97, 1997–98, and 2015–16 with JYP Jyväskylä Naiset.

[8] She announced her retirement from competition in April 2019, at age 46, shortly after achieving silver at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.

In her first Olympics in 1998 she led the tournament in scoring, amassing 12 points (7 goals & 5 assists) in six games and leading the Finnish team to the bronze medal.

In August 2013, the IIHF reported that she was attempting a comeback[11] and in December 2013, following several matches in the Naisten SM-sarja, she was selected for the Finnish women's team for the Sochi Olympics.

[5][12] She scored 4 points in 7 games at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship as Finland won their first silver medal in history.

[citation needed] Sallinen was born Hanna-Riikka Nieminen on 12 June 1973 in Jyväskylä, Central Finland.

Juha "Jussi" Nieminen, Sallinen's second eldest brother, played twelve seasons in the Superpesis with Jyväskylän Kiri.