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Venla Niemi

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Venla Harju
Harju at the 2016 Jukola relay.
Personal information
Born (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 34)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Vuokatti Relay
Silver medal – second place 2024 Edinburgh Sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Vuokatti Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tartu Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tartu Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Østfold Middle
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Göteborg Middle

Venla Niemi (aka Venla Harju; born 10 July 1990) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.

She became Junior World Champion in the middle distance in Gothenburg in 2008, ahead of silver medalist Beata Falk.[1]

She competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint competition she qualified for the final, where she placed sixth.[2]

At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, Harju placed fourth in the sprint final,[3] and won a bronze medal in the middle distance (behind Tove Alexandersson and Marianne Andersen).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "JWOC Middle: Gold for Niemi and Runesson". news.worldofo.com. 3 Jul 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sprint Final Women – Final results" (PDF). woc2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Official results for Sprint Final". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Official results for Middle". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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