Venla Niemi Explained

Venla Harju
Birth Date:10 July 1990
Sport:Orienteering
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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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JWOC Middle: Gold for Niemi and Runesson . news.worldofo.com . 3 Jul 2008 . 17 July 2012.
  2. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sprint Final Women  - Final results. woc2012. 17 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813100855/http://woc2012.ch/files/results/woc2012_sprint_final_results.pdf. 13 August 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Official results for Sprint Final . IOF Eventor. 6 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Official results for Middle . IOF Eventor. 6 July 2017.