Tiril Eckhoff

Tiril Eckhoff
Personal information
Full name	Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	21 May 1990 (age 31); Bærum, Norway
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Fossum IF
World Cup debut	2011
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2014, 2018)
Medals	5 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 (2015–2021)
Medals	15 (10 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	2011/12–
All races	260
Individual victories	26
All victories	44
Individual podiums	43
All podiums	78
Overall titles	1 (2020–21)
Discipline titles	3:; 1 Sprint (2020–21); 2 Pursuit (2019–20, 2020–21)
show Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships

Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian biathlete who represents Fossum IF.

She is an Olympic champion, winning the Mixed Relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and also won a bronze in the Mass start, a feat she repeated at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Eckhoff is also a two-time gold medallist from the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo where she won both the relay and an individual gold in the 7.5 sprint.^[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 2 bronze medals and 1 gold.^[1] Bronze in the mass start^[4] and in the women's relay^[5] and a 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.^[3] She studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.^[7]

In 2016, she became World Champion on 7.5 km sprint on 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 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 biathlete, male or female, to win 7 consecutive races in a discipline (sprint competition).

Biathlon results[]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games[]

5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	18th	18th	24th	Bronze	Bronze	Gold
2018 Pyeongchang	23rd	24th	9th	Bronze	4th	Silver

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

World Championships[]

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

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti	52nd	19th	18th	16th	5th	Bronze	N/A
2016 Oslo	43rd	Gold	17th	24th	Gold	Bronze
2017 Hochfilzen	39th	13th	30th	12th	11th	8th
2019 Östersund	37th	9th	Silver^[8]	5th	Gold^[9]	Gold^[10]	—
2020 Antholz-Anterselva	15th	59th^[11]	20th	7th	Gold	Gold^[12]	—
2021 Pokljuka	23rd	Gold	Gold	Bronze	Gold	Gold	Silver

*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
Season	Age	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

World cup Individual Victories[]

26 victories – (13 Sp, 9 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	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	2016/17	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

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ Jump up to: ^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)
^ "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
^ https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf

External links[]

Tiril Eckhoff at Olympic.org (archived)
Tiril Eckhoff at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
Tiril Eckhoff at Olympics.com
Tiril Eckhoff at Olympedia
Tiril Eckhoff at IBU
Tiril Eckhoff at The-Sports.org
Tiril Eckhoff at Sports Reference (archived)

[ibuprofile-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Tiril Eckhoff IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014

[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.

[snl-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Tiril Eckhoff Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014

[4] IBU – Women Mass Start Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014

[5] IBU – Women Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014

[6] IBU – Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014

[7] Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian)

[8] "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 10 km Pursuit Competition, 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[9] "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 4x6 km Relay Competition, 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[10] "IBU World Championships Biathlon, 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay (W-M), 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[11] ttps://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf

[12] ttps://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf

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show v t World champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 5 km	1984: (Venera Chernyshova, , Kaija Parve) 1985: (Venera Chernyshova, Elena Golovina, Kaija Parve) 1986: (Kaija Parve, Nadiya Billova, Venera Chernyshova) 1987: (Venera Chernyshova, Elena Golovina, Kaija Parve) 1988: (Venera Chernyshova, Elena Golovina, Kaija Parve)
3 × 7.5 km	1989: (, Svetlana Davidova, Elena Golovina) 1990: (, Elena Golovina, Svetlana Davidova) 1991: (Elena Belova, Elena Golovina, Svetlana Davidova)
4 × 7.5 km	1993: (Jana Kulhavá, Jiřina Adamičková, Iveta Knížková, Eva Háková) 1995: (Uschi Disl, Antje Harvey, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Petra Behle) 1996: (Uschi Disl, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle) 1997: (Uschi Disl, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle) 1999: (Uschi Disl, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Katrin Apel, Martina Zellner) 2000: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Tchernousova, Galina Kukleva, Albina Akhatova) 2001: (Olga Pyleva, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova)
4 × 6 km	2003: (Albina Akhatova, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Tchernousova) 2004: (Linda Tjørhom, Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée) 2005: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Zaitseva) 2007: (Martina Glagow, Andrea Henkel, Magdalena Neuner, Kati Wilhelm) 2008: (Martina Glagow, Andrea Henkel, Magdalena Neuner, Kati Wilhelm) 2009: (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 2011: (Andrea Henkel, Miriam Gössner, Tina Bachmann, Magdalena Neuner) 2012: (Tina Bachmann, Magdalena Neuner, Miriam Gössner, Andrea Henkel) 2013: (Hilde Fenne, Ann Kristin Flatland, Synnøve Solemdal, Tora Berger) 2015: (Franziska Hildebrand, Franziska Preuß, Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier) 2016: (Synnøve Solemdal, Fanny Horn Birkeland, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu) 2017: (Vanessa Hinz, Maren Hammerschmidt, Franziska Hildebrand, Laura Dahlmeier) 2019: (Synnøve Solemdal, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland) 2020: (Synnøve Solemdal, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland) 2021: (Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Tiril Eckhoff, Ida Lien, Marte Olsbu Røiseland)

show v t World champions in biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km mixed relay
4 × 7.5 km	2005: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2006: (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Sergei Tchepikov, Irina Malgina, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2021: (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland)
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km	2007: (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, Björn Ferry, Carl Johan Bergman) 2008: (Sabrina Buchholz, Magdalena Neuner, Andreas Birnbacher, Michael Greis) 2009: (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade) 2010: (Simone Hauswald, Magdalena Neuner, Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer) 2011: (Tora Berger, Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø) 2012: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2013: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2015: (Veronika Vítková, Gabriela Soukalová, Michal Šlesingr, Ondřej Moravec) 2016: (Anaïs Bescond, Marie Dorin Habert, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Martin Fourcade) 2017: (Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp) 2019: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)
4 × 6 km	2020: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø)