Tiril Eckhoff
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Born | Bærum, Norway | 21 May 1990
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) |
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Medal record |
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 |
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18th | 18th | 24th | Bronze | Bronze | Gold |
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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 |
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52nd | 19th | 18th | 16th | 5th | Bronze | N/A |
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43rd | Gold | 17th | 24th | Gold | Bronze | |
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39th | 13th | 30th | 12th | 11th | 8th | |
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37th | 9th | Silver[8] | 5th | Gold[9] | Gold[10] | — |
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15th | 59th[11] | 20th | 7th | Gold | Gold[12] | — |
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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 | |||||
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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 |
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1 | 2014/15 | 6 December 2014 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
2 | 2015/16 | 5 March 2016 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Championships |
3 | 2016/17 | 10 March 2017 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
4 | 19 March 2017 | ![]() |
12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup | |
5 | 2017/18 | 18 January 2018 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
6 | 2018/19 | 7 February 2019 | ![]() |
12.5 km Short Individual | World Cup |
7 | 2019/20 | 15 December 2019 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
8 | 20 December 2019 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
9 | 21 December 2019 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
10 | 22 December 2019 | ![]() |
12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup | |
11 | 15 January 2020 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
12 | 19 January 2020 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
13 | 8 March 2020 | ![]() |
12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup | |
14 | 2020/21 | 6 December 2020 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
15 | 18 December 2020 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
16 | 19 December 2020 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
17 | 8 January 2021 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
18 | 9 January 2021 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
19 | 14 January 2021 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
20 | 13 February 2021 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Championships | |
21 | 14 February 2021 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Championships | |
22 | 6 March 2021 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
23 | 7 March 2021 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
24 | 12 March 2021 | ![]() |
7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
25 | 13 March 2021 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
26 | 19 March 2021 | ![]() |
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)
- Norwegian female biathletes
- Sportspeople from Bærum
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes of Norway
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Biathlon World Championships medalists