Venla Niemi

{{short description|Finnish orienteering competitor}}

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| name = Venla Harju

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| caption = Harju at the 2016 Jukola relay.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|7|10|df=y}}

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| sport = Orienteering

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{{MedalSport | Women's orienteering }}

{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Vuokatti | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2024 Edinburgh | Sprint relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Vuokatti | Sprint }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Tartu | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Tartu | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Østfold | Middle }}

{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Göteborg | Middle }}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://news.worldofo.com/2008/07/03/jwoc-middle-gold-for-niemi-and-runesson |title=JWOC Middle: Gold for Niemi and Runesson |publisher= news.worldofo.com |date=3 Jul 2008 |access-date=17 July 2012}}

She competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint competition she qualified for the final, where she placed sixth.{{cite web|url=http://woc2012.ch/files/results/woc2012_sprint_final_results.pdf|title=World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sprint Final Women – Final results|publisher=woc2012|access-date=17 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813100855/http://woc2012.ch/files/results/woc2012_sprint_final_results.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, Harju placed fourth in the sprint final,{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5738&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Sprint Final |website =IOF Eventor|access-date=6 July 2017}} and won a bronze medal in the middle distance (behind Tove Alexandersson and Marianne Andersen).{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5741&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Middle |website =IOF Eventor|access-date=6 July 2017}}