Tiril Eckhoff Explained

Tiril Eckhoff
Fullname:Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff
Nationality:Norwegian
Birth Date:21 May 1990
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 (20152021)
Worldsmedals:15
Worldsgolds:10
Wcseasons:13 (2010/2011-2022/2023)
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)

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.[1] She is the sister of fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff.[2]

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[3] and in the women's relay[4] and gold in the mixed relay together with Tora Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen.[5] She is the sister of former biathlete Stian Eckhoff and studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.[6] [7]

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.[8]

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.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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

Year IndividualSprintPursuitMass start RelayMixed relay
align=left 2014 Sochi18th18th24thBronzeSilverGold
align=left 2018 Pyeongchang23rd24th9thBronze4thSilver
align=left 2022 Beijing22nd11thBronzeSilver4thGold

World Championships

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

Year IndividualSprintPursuitMass start RelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
align=left 2015 Kontiolahti52nd19th18th16th5thBronzerowspan="3"
align=left 2016 Oslo43rdGold17th24thGoldBronze
align=left 2017 Hochfilzen39th13th30th12th11th8th
align=left 2019 Östersund37th9thSilver[9] 5thGold[10] Gold[11]
align=left 2020 Antholz-Anterselva15th59th[12] 20th7thGoldGold[13]
align=left 2021 Pokljuka23rdGoldGoldBronzeGoldGoldSilver

World Cup

SeasonAgeOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
PointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2011–1221 74 54th 17 63rd 21 56th 36 34th
2012–1322 299 29th 127 28th 98 28th 74 25th
2013–1423 566 7th 56 10th 187 9th 236 5th 87 8th
2014–1524 598 8th 41 24th 307 6th 123 20th 127 14th
2015–1625 544 11th 63 14th 158 20th 189 10th 134 10th
2016–1726 566 11th 2 72nd 277 6th 168 16th 119 12th
2017–1827 297 23rd 19 39th 130 16th 90 29th 58 27th
2018–1928 517 13th 64 14th 153 20th 176 10th 123 15th
2019–2029 786 2nd 61 15th 283 3rd 232 1st 210 2nd
2020–2130 1139 1st 41 27th 420 1st360 1st 172 5th
2021–2231 555 11th 41 13th 256 7th 158 13th 100 11th

World cup Individual Victories

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevel
1 2014/156 December 2014 Östersund, Sweden 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
2 2015/165 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Championships
3 2016/1710 March 2017 Kontiolahti, Finland7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
4 19 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
5 2017/1818 January 2018 Antholz, Italy7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
6 2018/197 February 2019 Canmore, Canada 12.5 km Short IndividualWorld Cup
7 2019/2015 December 2019 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km PursuitWorld Cup
8 20 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
9 21 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France10 km PursuitWorld Cup
10 22 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
11 15 January 2020 Ruhpolding, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
12 19 January 2020 Ruhpolding, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
13 8 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
14 2020/216 December 2020 Kontiolahti, Finland 10 km PursuitWorld Cup
15 18 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
16 19 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km PursuitWorld Cup
17 8 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
18 9 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 10 km PursuitWorld Cup
19 14 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
20 13 February 2021 Pokljuka, Slovenia 7.5 km SprintWorld Championships
21 14 February 2021 Pokljuka, Slovenia 10 km PursuitWorld Championships
22 6 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
23 7 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km PursuitWorld Cup
24 12 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
25 13 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km PursuitWorld Cup
26 19 March 2021 Östersund, Sweden7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
27 2021/226 March 2022 Kontiolahti, Finland 10 km PursuitWorld Cup
28 18 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
29 19 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway10 km PursuitWorld Cup

Notes and References

  1. http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTNOR22105199001 Tiril Eckhoff
  2. Web site: Norwegian Women: Eckhoffs Lead the Way . . 18 November 2014 . . 12 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216141116/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2295 . 16 December 2014 .
  3. http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__SWMS IBU – Women Mass Start Sochi 2014
  4. http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__SWRL IBU – Women Relay Sochi 2014
  5. http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx?RaceId=BT1314SWRLOG__MXRL IBU – Mixed Relay Sochi 2014
  6. http://snl.no/Tiril_Eckhoff Tiril Eckhoff
  7. http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/mesterskap/Eckhoff-droppet-studiene-for-a-bli-bedre-410685_1.snd Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre
  8. Encyclopedia: Holmenkollmedaljen . Rolf . Bryhn . Jørn . Sundby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 22 October 2022.
  9. Web site: IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 10 km Pursuit Competition, 2018/2019. International Biathlon Union – IBU. 16 March 2019.
  10. Web site: IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 4x6 km Relay Competition, 2018/2019. International Biathlon Union – IBU. 16 March 2019.
  11. Web site: IBU World Championships Biathlon, 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay (W-M), 2018/2019. International Biathlon Union – IBU. 16 March 2019.
  12. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf
  13. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf