Ella_Junnila

Ella Junnila

Ella Junnila

Finnish high jumper

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]

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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 has qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

Competition record

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Personal life

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.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Kares, Yrjö (28 August 2018). "Ringa Ropo on Ella Junnilalle ensisijaisesti äiti ja henkinen tuki – "En tarvitse neuvojasi", sanoi tytär ensin ja kelpuutti vinkit vasta teininä". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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    "Qualification results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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    "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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    "Paavo Nurmi Games 11.6.2019 Turku, Finland – LIVE-results – W High jump National". time4results.com. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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    "Motonet GP Tampere 3.7.2019". Tilastopaja.eu. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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    "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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    Hakanen, Jarmo (13 June 2018). "Ringa Ropon tytär Ella Junnila on Suomen kärkihyppääjiä yleisurheilussa – enää sentin päässä äitinsä ennätyksestä: "Toivottavasti tilanne kääntyy pian"". Aamulehti. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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