Tiril Eckhoff
Norwegian biathlete (born 1990)
Tiril Eckhoff
Full name Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff Nationality Norwegian Born (1990-05-21 ) 21 May 1990 (age 34) Bærum , Norway Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Weight 59 kg (130 lb) Sport Biathlon Club Fossum IF World Cup debut 2011 Teams 3 (2014 , 2018 , 2022 )Medals 8 (2 gold)Teams 5 (2015 –2021 )Medals 15 (10 gold)Seasons 13 (2010/2011-2022/2023)All races 286 Individual victories 28 All victories 50 Individual podiums 48 All podiums 87 Overall titles 1 (2020–21)Discipline titles 3: 1 Sprint (2020–21)2 Pursuit (2019–20, 2020–21)
Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian former biathlete .
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)
Year
Individual
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Relay
Mixed relay
2014 Sochi
18th
18th
24th
Bronze
Silver
Gold
2018 Pyeongchang
23rd
24th
9th
Bronze
4th
Silver
2022 Beijing
22nd
11th
Bronze
Silver
4th
Gold
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships
15 medals (10 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
*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
Season
Age
Overall
Individual
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Points
Position
Points
Position
Points
Position
Points
Position
Points
Position
2011–12
21
74
54th
–
–
17
63rd
21
56th
36
34th
2012–13
22
299
29th
–
–
127
28th
98
28th
74
25th
2013–14
23
566
7th
56
10th
187
9th
236
5th
87
8th
2014–15
24
598
8th
41
24th
307
6th
123
20th
127
14th
2015–16
25
544
11th
63
14th
158
20th
189
10th
134
10th
2016–17
26
566
11th
2
72nd
277
6th
168
16th
119
12th
2017–18
27
297
23rd
19
39th
130
16th
90
29th
58
27th
2018–19
28
517
13th
64
14th
153
20th
176
10th
123
15th
2019–20
29
786
2nd
61
15th
283
3rd
232
1st
210
2nd
2020–21
30
1139
1st
41
27th
420
1st
360
1st
172
5th
2021–22
31
555
11th
41
13th
256
7th
158
13th
100
11th
World cup Individual Victories
29 victories – (14 Sp, 11 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
1
2014/15
6 December 2014
Östersund , Sweden
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
2
2015/16
5 March 2016
Oslo Holmenkollen , Norway
7.5 km Sprint
World Championships
3
2016/17
10 March 2017
Kontiolahti , Finland
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
4
19 March 2017
Oslo Holmenkollen , Norway
12.5 km Mass Start
World Cup
5
2017/18
18 January 2018
Antholz , Italy
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
6
2018/19
7 February 2019
Canmore , Canada
12.5 km Short Individual
World Cup
7
2019/20
15 December 2019
Hochfilzen , Austria
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
8
20 December 2019
Le Grand-Bornand , France
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
9
21 December 2019
Le Grand-Bornand , France
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
10
22 December 2019
Le Grand-Bornand , France
12.5 km Mass Start
World Cup
11
15 January 2020
Ruhpolding , Germany
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
12
19 January 2020
Ruhpolding , Germany
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
13
8 March 2020
Nové Město , Czech Republic
12.5 km Mass Start
World Cup
14
2020/21
6 December 2020
Kontiolahti , Finland
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
15
18 December 2020
Hochfilzen , Austria
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
16
19 December 2020
Hochfilzen , Austria
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
17
8 January 2021
Oberhof , Germany
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
18
9 January 2021
Oberhof , Germany
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
19
14 January 2021
Oberhof , Germany
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
20
13 February 2021
Pokljuka , Slovenia
7.5 km Sprint
World Championships
21
14 February 2021
Pokljuka , Slovenia
10 km Pursuit
World Championships
22
6 March 2021
Nové Město , Czech Republic
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
23
7 March 2021
Nové Město , Czech Republic
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
24
12 March 2021
Nové Město , Czech Republic
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
25
13 March 2021
Nové Město , Czech Republic
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
26
19 March 2021
Östersund , Sweden
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
27
2021/22
6 March 2022
Kontiolahti , Finland
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
28
18 March 2022
Oslo Holmenkollen , Norway
7.5 km Sprint
World Cup
29
19 March 2022
Oslo Holmenkollen , Norway
10 km Pursuit
World Cup
References
^ a b Tiril Eckhoff IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014
^ "Norwegian Women: Eckhoffs Lead the Way" . International Biathlon Union . 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014 .
^ a b Tiril Eckhoff Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014
^ IBU – Women Mass Start Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
^ IBU – Women Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
^ IBU – Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
^ Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Aftenposten . Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian)
^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen" . In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022 .
^ March 15, 2023 , Tiril Eckhoff (@tirileckhoff), retrieved 25 March 2022
^ "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 10 km Pursuit Competition, 2018/2019" . International Biathlon Union – IBU . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .
^ "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 4x6 km Relay Competition, 2018/2019" . International Biathlon Union – IBU . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .
^ "IBU World Championships Biathlon, 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay (W-M), 2018/2019" . International Biathlon Union – IBU . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .
^ https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
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