Helena Ekholm

Helena Ekholm (née Helena Jonsson) (born September 6, 1984 in Helgum) is a former Swedish biathlete. She was born in Helgum, Sollefteå Municipality. She is the 2009 world champion in pursuit and the 2011 world champion in individual. She also won the Women's Overall World Cup in the 2008-09 season.

Helena Ekholm
Helena Jonsson in Trondheim, March 2009
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lill-Hinken (early career)[1]
NationalitySwedish
Born (1984-09-06) September 6, 1984
Helgum, Sweden
Years active2000-2012
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Professional information
ClubI21 IF (Helgum, Sweden)
SkisFischer
RifleAnschutz
IBU Cup debut30 November 2002
World Cup debut29 November 2005
Retired19 March 2012
Olympic Games
Teams1 (2010)
World Championships
Teams7
Medals8 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7
Individual races160
All races198
Individual victories13
All victories17
Individual podiums33
All podiums43
Overall titles1 (08/09)
Discipline titles4 (SP 08/09, MS 08/09, IN 10/11, IN 11/12)
Updated on 10 January 2018.

Career

Jonsson debuted in 2005 in Östersund in the relay, coming in 15th. In the following World Cup in Hochfilzen she participated in her first individual, coming in 41st. In early 2006 she participated in the Biathlon World Championships Mixed Relay event in 2006 in Pokljuka, coming in sixth. The 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup began very successfully for her. In the World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, she came in fourth in the Individual, eighth in the Sprint, and was on the relay team which came in fifth. In the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz she continued her upward trend and placed fourth in the Sprint. As a high point she led the Swedish team to a gold medal in the mixed-relay. She celebrated her first World Cup victory in the 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup, the mass start in the final round at Khanty-Mansiysk. In the 2008-2009 season she won four more races, including the opening in Östersund where she won the individual race. In the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang Jonsson came from 5th place after the opening sprint to win the Pursuit.

Due to her marriage to fellow former biathlete David Ekholm, she changed her surname to Ekholm in the summer of 2010.

Biathlon World Cup placings
Place Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Total
1st42342217
2nd14222112
3rd34222114
Podium810786443
4th-10th521111320575
Top 1013311821269118

(Retired 19 March 2012)

References
  1. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/vintersport/skidskytte/article11731179.ab
  2. Helena Jonsson at Sports Reference

Media related to Helena Ekholm at Wikimedia Commons

Awards
Preceded by
Jonas Jacobsson		 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2009		 Succeeded by
Sweden's men's Olympic 4 × 10 km cross-country skiing relay team: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren & Marcus Hellner
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