Venla Niemi

Venla Harju
Personal information
Born (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990
Sport
Sport Orienteering

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

  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. 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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