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Tiril Eckhoff

Tiril Eckhoff

Norwegian biathlete (born 1990)

Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian former biathlete.

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Eckhoff is a two-time Olympic champion, winning the mixed relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics, and also won a bronze in the mass start, a feat she repeated at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Eckhoff is also a ten-time gold medalist at the Biathlon World Championships, winning gold in the 7.5 km sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2016, and both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit at the Biathlon World Championships 2021.[1] She is the sister of fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff.[2]

Career

Eckhoff has been part of the Norwegian biathlon team since 2008.[3]

Eckhoff competed in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she won 3 medals.[1] Bronze in the mass start[4] and in the women's relay[5] and gold in the mixed relay together with Tora Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen.[6] She is the sister of former biathlete Stian Eckhoff and studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.[3][7]

In 2016, she became World Champion on 7.5  km sprint in her home arena, Holmenkollen, in Norway. She was also part of the Norwegian team who took the bronze medal in the mixed relay and played an instrumental part in the Norwegian women's relay gold medal, shooting 10/10 as the third skier.

In the 19–20 season, she won seven World Cup races, but she finished second in the Overall, behind Dorothea Wierer. She won her first-ever discipline title in pursuit.

In the 20–21 season, she won 4 gold and took 6 medals in 7 races during the Biathlon World Championships 2021. Later in the season, she won the 2020–21 World Cup overall title, winning the most races in a season since Magdalena Forsberg. She also won the discipline title in sprint and pursuit, becoming the first male or female biathlete to win seven consecutive races in a discipline (sprint competition).

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.[8]

Eckhoff did not participate in the 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup due to health issues. On March 15, 2023, she announced through her social media that she will not return to competing.[9]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

8 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)

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*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

15 medals (10 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)

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*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

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World cup Individual Victories

  • 29 victories – (14 Sp, 11 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)
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References

  1. [1]
    Tiril Eckhoff IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014
  2. [2]
    "Norwegian Women: Eckhoffs Lead the Way". International Biathlon Union. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    Tiril Eckhoff Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014
  4. [4]
    IBU – Women Mass Start Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  5. [5]
    IBU – Women Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  6. [6]
    IBU – Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  7. [7]
    Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian)
  8. [8]
    Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  9. [9]
    March 15, 2023, Tiril Eckhoff (@tirileckhoff), retrieved 25 March 2022
  10. [10]
    "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 10 km Pursuit Competition, 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  11. [11]
    "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 4x6 km Relay Competition, 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  12. [12]
    "IBU World Championships Biathlon, 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay (W-M), 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  13. [13]
    https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  14. [14]
    https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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