| Birth Date: | 6 December 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Espoo, Finland |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | High jump |
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Ella Juulia Junnila (born 6 December 1998)[1] is a Finnish high jumper, who represents Tampereen Pyrintö. She has previously represented Janakkalan Jana and Vammalan seudun Voima. She represented Finland in 2018 European Athletics Championships in high jump and finished 17th with a result of 186 cm.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships with a result of 192 cm.[3]
Junnila set a new Finnish record, 194 cm, on 11 June 2019 in Turku at the Paavo Nurmi Games.[4] This earned her a place in the 2019 World Championships in Athletics for high jump. She improved the record by jumping 195 cm on 3 July 2019 in Tampere.[5]
She qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting a new national record of 197cm in the process .[6] [7]
| Representing in high jump | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 20th (q) | 1.77 m | |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 1.92 m | ||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 28th (q) | 1.80 m | ||
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 1.96 m | ||
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 22nd (q) | 1.86 m | ||
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 18th (q) | 1.86 m | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 19th (q) | 1.78 m | ||
| 2023 | World University Games | Chengdu, China | 4th | 1.84 m | |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 13th | 1.90 m | ||
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | 1.93 m | |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 28th (q) | 1.83 m | ||
Her mother, retired long jumper Ringa Ropo-Junnila, represented Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in addition to winning eight national championships and holding the current national record.[8]