Tiril Eckhoff

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]

Tiril Eckhoff
Personal information
Full nameTiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990
Bærum, Norway
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubFossum IF
World Cup debut2011
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2014, 2018)
Medals5 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 (2015–2020)
Medals8 (6 gold)
World Cup
Seasons2011/12–
All races223
Individual victories13
All victories27
Individual podiums26
All podiums55

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.

In 19-20 season she won seven world cup races but she finished second in the Overall, behind Dorothea Wierer. In the last race (Kontiolahti's pursuit) she was first after the third shooting, but on the last she missed three targets missing the opportunity to win the title.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

5 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 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

9 medals (6 gold, 1 silver, 2 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] —
*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
2011–12217454th––1763rd2156th3634th
2012–132229929th––12728th9828th7425th
2013–14235667th5610th1879th2365th878th
2014–15245988th4124th3076th12320th12714th
2015–162554411th6314th15820th18910th13410th
2016–172656611th272nd2776th16816th11912th
2017–182729723rd1939th13016th9029th5827th
2018–192851713th6414th15320th17610th12315th
2019–20297862nd6115th2833rd2321st2102nd

World cup Individual Victories
  • 13 victories – (6 Sp, 3 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)
No.  Season  Date Location Discipline Level
12014/156 December 2014 Östersund, Sweden 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
22015/165 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Championships
32016/1710 March 2017 Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
419 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
52017/1818 January 2018 Antholz, Italy7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
62018/197 February 2019 Canmore, Canada12.5 km Short IndividualWorld Cup
72019/2015 December 2019 Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
820 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
921 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1022 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
1115 January 2020 Ruhpolding, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
1219 January 2020 Ruhpolding, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
138 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup

References
  1. 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. 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. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf
  12. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf
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