Venla Harju

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Athlete profile: Venla Harju

Athlete background info last updated 2017-06-28 03:21:16

Took a surprise bronze medal at the sprint and silver medal at the middle distance in the World Championships on home ground in 2013 - after barely being among the outsiders ahead of the championships. Has since managed to get several Top 10 results in the World Cup and two 9th places from EOC in 2016, but as of June 2017 not yet managed to climb up onto the podium again after 2013. Gold medal from JWOC in 2008 in Sweden.

Country	Finland
WoO Ranking	Overall: 6, Sprint: 9, Middle: 5, Long: 69
World Ranking	Middle/Long 22 / Sprint 15 (as of 21/4/2019)
Club	Tampereen Pyrintö (FIN)
Born place	Tampere
Born year	1990
Lives	Tampere (FIN)
Webpage	http://venlaniemi.wordpress.com/
Twitter	@VenlaNi

World Orienteering Championships (WOC)

1 silver medal

2013, Relay, Vuokatti, Finland

3 bronze medals

2017, Relay, Tartu, Estonia
2017, Middle, Tartu, Estonia
2013, Sprint, Vuokatti, Finland

Best for each discipline:

Long: 10. place 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland
Middle: Bronze 2017, Tartu, Estonia
Sprint: Bronze 2013, Vuokatti, Finland
Relay: Silver 2013, Vuokatti, Finland
MixedRelay: 7. place 2016, Stromstad, Sweden

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Overall World Cup (WC Overall)

Best result 11. place:

WC Overall 2013

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European Orienteering Championships (EOC)

Best result 4. place:

2016, MixedRelay, Jesenik, Czech Republic

Best for each discipline:

Middle: 9. place 2016, Jesenik, Czech Republic
Sprint: 9. place 2016, Jesenik, Czech Republic
Relay: 6. place 2016, Jesenik, Czech Republic
MixedRelay: 4. place 2016, Jesenik, Czech Republic

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World Cup (WC)

3. place: 2 times

2017, WC no. 6, Elva-Vitipalu, EST, Middle, WOC
2013, WC no. 9, Vuokatti, Finland, Sprint, WOC

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Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC)

1. place: Once

2008, Middle, Göteborg, Sweden

Best for each discipline:

Long: 6. place 2008, Göteborg, Sweden
Middle: 1. place 2008, Göteborg, Sweden
Sprint: 8. place 2010, Ålborg, Denmark
Relay: 4. place 2008, Göteborg, Sweden

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NOCjr (NOCjr)

Best result 11. place:

2009, Long, Salo, Finland

Best for each discipline:

Long: 11. place 2009, Salo, Finland
Middle: 15. place 2009, Salo, Finland
Sprint: 29. place 2009, Salo, Finland

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EYOC (EYOC)

Note that some EYOC results may be missing.

2. place: Once

2008, Long, Solothurn, Switzerland

Best for each discipline:

Long: 2. place 2008, Solothurn, Switzerland
Sprint: 10. place 2008, Solothurn, Switzerland

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Other international results

Relays:
2011: Venla 2011, 2. place (1. leg, 38. place, Tampereen Pyrintö)
2010: Venla 2010, 1. place (1. leg, 22. place, Tampereen Pyrintö)
2009: Venla 2009, 57. place (3. leg, Out: 127. place, In: 61. place, Tampereen Pyrintö 3)
2007: Venla 2007, 16. place (4. leg, Out: 16. place, In: 16. place, Tampereen Pyrintö 2)
2006: Venla 2006, 89. place (1. leg, 52. place, Tampereen Pyrintö 2)

IOF World Ranking:
World Ranking position: Middle/Long 22 / Sprint 15 (as of 21/4/2019)
See also all IOF WRE results for Venla Harju including updated WR position

Venla Harju is found under the following names:
Venla Harju (28 times) Venla Niemi (181 times) .

World Championships 2017, Sprint Qualification

World Championships 2015, Sprint Qualification

World Championships 2014, Sprint Qualification

World Championships 2013, Sprint Qualification

World Championships 2013, Middle Qualification

World Championships 2012, Sprint Qualification

World Championships 2012, Long Qualification

World Championships 2011, Sprint Qualification

Maps from Omaps and 3DRerun

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