Merja Tuulikki Korpela (born 15 May 1981 in Soini) is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade.
She finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
Competition record Representing 1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France26th (q)49.34 m1999European Junior ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia3rd59.51 m2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile4th59.59 m2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th63.51 m2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany25th (q)60.67 m2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland6th64.44 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden31st (q)60.86 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan16th (q)67.87 m2008Finnish ChampionshipsTampere, Finland 1st67.43 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China30th (q)66.29 m2009Finnish ChampionshipsEspoo, Finland 1st66.91 mUniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia4th69.56 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (q)68.34 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain8th68.21 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea24th (q)65.64 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19th (q)64.03 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland18th (q)63.71 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands13th (q)67.78 m
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