Tiril Eckhoff

Tiril Eckhoff
Full name Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff
Born (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990
Bærum, Norway
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup career
Seasons 2011/12–
Individual wins 5
Indiv. podiums 13
Medal record
Olympic Games
2014 SochiMixed relay
2018 PyeongchangMixed relay
2014 Sochi12.5 km mass start
2014 Sochi4 x 6 km relay
2018 Pyeongchang12.5 km mass start
World Championships
2016 Oslo7.5 km sprint
2016 Oslo4 × 6 km relay
2015 KontiolahtiMixed relay
2016 OsloMixed relay

Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian biathlete who represents Fossum IF. Her best solo results internationally have been a win in the 7.5 km sprint in the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund in December 2014, and the gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo.[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 studies 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.

Results

Olympic Games

4 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

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

World Championships

4 medals (2 gold, 2 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 52nd 19th 18th 16th 5th Bronze
Norway 2016 Oslo 43rd Gold 17th 24th Gold Bronze
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 39th 13th 30th 12th 11th 8th

World Cup

Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2011–127454th——1763rd2156th3634th
2012–1329929th——12728th9828th7425th
2013–145667th5610th1879th2365th878th
2014–155988th4124th3076th12320th12714th
2015–1654411th6314th15820th18910th13410th
2016–1756611th272nd2776th16816th11912th

World cup Individual Victories

  • 5 victories – (4 Sp, 1 MS)
No.  Season  Date Location Discipline Level
12014/156 December 2014Sweden Östersund, Sweden 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
22015/165 March 2016Norway Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Championships
32016/1710 March 2017Finland Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
419 March 2017Norway Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
52017/1818 January 2018Italy Antholz, Italy7.5 km SprintWorld Cup

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 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 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian)
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