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Tiril Eckhoff

{{Short description|Norwegian biathlete (born 1990)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox biathlete

| name= Tiril Eckhoff

| image = Tiril Eckhoff 001.jpg

| caption=

| fullname = Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff

| nationality = Norwegian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bærum, Norway

| height = 1.63 m

| weight = 59 kg

| disciplines = Biathlon

| wcdebut = 2011

| club = Fossum IF

| olympicteams = 3 (2014, 2018, 2022)

| olympicmedals = 8

| olympicgolds = 2

| worldsteams = 5 (2015–2021)

| worldsmedals = 15

| worldsgolds = 10

| wcseasons = 13 (2010/2011-2022/2023)

| wcraces =

| wcraceswithrelays = 286

| wcwins = 28

| wcrelayswins = 50

| wcpodiums = 48

| wcrelayspodiums = 87

| wcoveralls = 1 (2020–21)

| wctitles = 3:
1 Sprint (2020–21)
2 Pursuit (2019–20, 2020–21)

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Women's biathlon}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NOR}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Sochi|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Beijing|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Sochi|4 × 6 km relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Pyeongchang|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|12.5 km mass start}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|12.5 km mass start}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|12.5 km mass start}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Beijing|10 km pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Oslo|7.5 km sprint}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Oslo|4 × 6 km relay}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Östersund|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Östersund|4 × 6 km relay}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Antholz|4 x 6 km relay}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Antholz|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Pokljuka|7.5 km sprint}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Pokljuka|10 km pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Pokljuka|4 x 6 km relay}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Pokljuka|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Östersund|10 km pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Pokljuka|Single mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Kontiolahti|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Oslo|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Pokljuka|12.5 km mass start}}

}}

Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian former biathlete.

Eckhoff is a two-time Olympic champion, winning the mixed relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics, and also won a bronze in the mass start, a feat she repeated at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Eckhoff is also a ten-time gold medalist at the Biathlon World Championships, winning gold in the 7.5 km sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2016, and both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit at the Biathlon World Championships 2021.[http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTNOR22105199001 Tiril Eckhoff] IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014 She is the sister of fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff.{{cite web |url=http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2295 |title=Norwegian Women: Eckhoffs Lead the Way |author= |date=18 November 2014 |website=International Biathlon Union |access-date=12 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216141116/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2295 |archivedate=16 December 2014 }}

Career

Eckhoff has been part of the Norwegian biathlon team since 2008.

Eckhoff competed in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she won 3 medals. Bronze in the mass start[http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__SWMS IBU – Women Mass Start Sochi 2014] IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014 and in the women's relay[http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__SWRL IBU – Women Relay Sochi 2014] IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014 and gold in the mixed relay together with Tora Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen.[http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__MXRL IBU – Mixed Relay Sochi 2014] IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014 She is the sister of former biathlete Stian Eckhoff and studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.[http://snl.no/Tiril_Eckhoff Tiril Eckhoff] Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014[http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/mesterskap/Eckhoff-droppet-studiene-for-a-bli-bedre-410685_1.snd Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319150917/http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/mesterskap/Eckhoff-droppet-studiene-for-a-bli-bedre-410685_1.snd |date=19 March 2014 }} Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 January 2014 {{in lang|no}}

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

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Holmenkollmedaljen |first1=Rolf |last1=Bryhn |first2=Jørn |last2=Sundby |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Holmenkollmedaljen |language=no |access-date=22 October 2022}}

Eckhoff did not participate in the 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup due to health issues. On March 15, 2023, she announced through her social media that she will not return to competing.{{citation|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0bsNhNlR1/|title=March 15, 2023|publisher=Tiril Eckhoff (@tirileckhoff)|accessdate=25 March 2022}}

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

=Olympic Games=

8 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)

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! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:145px;"|Year

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:65px;"| Individual

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:60px;"| Sprint

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:60px;"| Pursuit

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:80px;"| Mass start

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:60px;"| Relay

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Mixed relay

align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} 2014 Sochi

| 18th

| 18th

| 24th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| style="background:silver;"| Silver

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

align=left |{{flagicon|KOR}} 2018 Pyeongchang

| 23rd

| 24th

| 9th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| 4th

| style="background:silver;"| Silver

align=left |{{flagicon|China}} 2022 Beijing

| 22nd

| 11th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| style="background:silver;"| Silver

| 4th

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

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

=World Championships=

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

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! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:180px;"|Year

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:65px;"| Individual

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:65px;"| Sprint

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:65px;"| Pursuit

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:80px;"| Mass start

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:65px;"| Relay

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Mixed relay

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Single mixed relay

align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} 2015 Kontiolahti

| 52nd

| 19th

| 18th

| 16th

| 5th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| rowspan="3" {{n/a}}

align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} 2016 Oslo

| 43rd

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| 17th

| 24th

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen

| 39th

| 13th

| 30th

| 12th

| 11th

| 8th

align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2019 Östersund

| 37th

| 9th

| style="background:silver;"| Silver{{Cite web|url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/competitions/ibu-world-championship/events/ibu-world-championships-biathlon-oestersund-1819/bt1819swrlch__/race/women-10-km-pursuit/bt1819swrlch__swpu/|title=IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 10 km Pursuit Competition, 2018/2019|website=International Biathlon Union – IBU|access-date=16 March 2019}}

|5th

| style="background:gold;"| Gold{{Cite web|url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/competitions/ibu-world-championship/events/ibu-world-championships-biathlon-oestersund-1819/bt1819swrlch__/race/women-4x6-km-relay/bt1819swrlch__swrl/|title=IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 4x6 km Relay Competition, 2018/2019|website=International Biathlon Union – IBU|access-date=16 March 2019}}

| style="background:gold;"| Gold{{Cite web|url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/competitions/ibu-world-championship/events/ibu-world-championships-biathlon-oestersund-1819/bt1819swrlch__/race/mixed-relay-(w-m)/bt1819swrlch__mxrl/|title=IBU World Championships Biathlon, 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay (W-M), 2018/2019|website=International Biathlon Union – IBU|access-date=16 March 2019}}

| —

align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} 2020 Antholz-Anterselva

| 15th

|59thhttps://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

| 20th

| 7th

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| style="background:gold;"| Goldhttps://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

| —

align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} 2021 Pokljuka

| 23rd

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| style="background:gold;"| Gold

| style="background:silver;"| 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=

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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px| Season

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:35px | Age

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:115px;"| Overall

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:115px;"| Individual

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:115px;"| Sprint

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:115px;"| Pursuit

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:115px;"| Mass start

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! style="width:55px;"| Points

! style="width:60px;"| Position

! style="width:55px;"| Points

! style="width:60px;"| Position

! style="width:55px;"| Points

! style="width:60px;"| Position

! style="width:55px;"| Points

! style="width:60px;"| Position

! style="width:55px;"| Points

! style="width:60px;"| Position

|2011–122174| 54th––17| 63rd21| 56th36| 34th
|2012–1322299| 29th––127| 28th98| 28th74| 25th
|2013–1423566| 7th5610th187| 9th236| 5th87| 8th
|2014–1524598| 8th41| 24th307| 6th123| 20th127| 14th
|2015–1625544| 11th63| 14th158| 20th189| 10th134| 10th
|2016–1726566| 11th2| 72nd277| 6th168| 16th119| 12th
|2017–1827297| 23rd19| 39th130| 16th90| 29th58| 27th
|2018–1928517| 13th64| 14th153| 20th176| 10th123| 15th
|2019–2029786style="background:silver;"| 2nd61| 15th283style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd232style="background:gold;"| 1st210style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|2020–21301139style="background:gold;"| 1st41| 27th420style="background:gold;"| 1st360style="background:gold;"| 1st1725th
|2021–223155511th41| 13th2567th15813th10011th

=World cup Individual Victories=

  • 29 victories – (14 Sp, 11 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)

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! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.

! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Date

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:190px;"| Location

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Race

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Level

align=center|1align=center| 2014/15align=left| 6 December 2014align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Östersund, Sweden 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
align=center|2align=center| 2015/16align=left| 5 March 2016align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Championships
align=center|3rowspan=2 align=center| 2016/17align=left| 10 March 2017align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|4align=left| 19 March 2017align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
align=center|5align=center| 2017/18align=left| 18 January 2018align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Antholz, Italy7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|6align=center|2018/19align=left| 7 February 2019align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canmore, Canada12.5 km Short IndividualWorld Cup
align=center|7rowspan=7 align=center|2019/20align=left| 15 December 2019align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|8align=left| 20 December 2019align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Le Grand-Bornand, France7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|9align=left| 21 December 2019align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Le Grand-Bornand, France10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|10align=left| 22 December 2019align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Le Grand-Bornand, France12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
align=center|11align=left| 15 January 2020align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Ruhpolding, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|12align=left| 19 January 2020align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Ruhpolding, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|13align=left| 8 March 2020align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
align=center|14rowspan=13 align=center|2020/21align=left| 6 December 2020align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|15align=left| 18 December 2020align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|16align=left| 19 December 2020align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|17align=left| 8 January 2021align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Oberhof, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|18align=left| 9 January 2021align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Oberhof, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|19align=left| 14 January 2021align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Oberhof, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|20align=left| 13 February 2021align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Pokljuka, Slovenia7.5 km SprintWorld Championships
align=center|21align=left| 14 February 2021align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Championships
align=center|22align=left| 6 March 2021align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|23align=left| 7 March 2021align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|24align=left| 12 March 2021align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|25align=left| 13 March 2021align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|26align=left| 19 March 2021align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Östersund, Sweden7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|27rowspan=3 align=center|2021/22align=left| 6 March 2022align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
align=center|28align=left| 18 March 2022align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
align=center|29align=left| 19 March 2022align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway10 km PursuitWorld Cup

References

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External links

  • {{IBU profile|name=Tiril Eckhoff}}
  • {{Olympics.com|name=Tiril Eckhoff}}
  • {{Olympedia|name=Tiril Eckhoff}}
  • {{FIS cross-country skier|207654|Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff}}
  • {{Team Norway|skiskyting/tiril-kampenhaug-eckhoff|Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff}}

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{{Holmenkollen medal}}

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