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Ella Junnila
Finnish athletics competitor

Ella Junnila

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Finnish athletics competitor
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26 years
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Äetsä, Finland; Jyväskylä, Finland
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Ella Junnila (born 6 December 1998) 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. She won a bronze medal at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships with a result of 192 cm.

Junnila set a new Finnish record, 194 cm, on 11 June 2019 in Turku at the Paavo Nurmi Games. 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.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Finland in high jump
2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy20th (q)1.77 cm
2019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden3rd1.92 cm
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar28th (q)1.80 m

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.

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