Venla Niemi (aka Venla Harju; born 10 July 1990) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.
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Born | 10 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
External links
- Venla Harju at World of O