Tiril Eckhoff

Norwegian biathlete
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNorwegian biathlete
PlacesNorway
isAthlete Biathlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth21 May 1990, Bærum, Norway
Age34 years
Star signGemini
Family
Siblings:Stian Eckhoff Kaja Eckhoff
The details

Biography

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. She is the sister of fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff.

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 2 bronze medals and 1 gold. Bronze in the mass start and in the women's relay and a gold in the mixed relay together with Tora Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen.

She is the sister of former biathlete Stian Eckhoff. She studies engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

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.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
2014 Sochi18th18th24thBronzeBronzeGold
2018 Pyeongchang23rd24th9thBronze4thSilver
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

9 medals (6 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti52nd19th18th16th5thBronzeN/A
2016 Oslo43rdGold17th24thGoldBronze
2017 Hochfilzen39th13th30th12th11th8th
2019 Östersund37th9thSilver5thGoldGold
2020 Antholz-Anterselva15th59th20th7thGoldGold
*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

SeasonOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
2011–127454th1763rd2156th3634th
2012–1329929th12728th9828th7425th
2013–145667th5610th1879th2365th878th
2014–155988th4124th3076th12320th12714th
2015–1654411th6314th15820th18910th13410th
2016–1756611th272nd2776th16816th11912th
2017–1829723rd1939th13016th9029th5827th
2018–1951713th6414th15320th17610th12315th

World cup Individual Victories

  • 13 victories – (6 Sp, 3 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)
No. Season DateLocationDisciplineLevel
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 Nove Mesto, Czech Republic12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
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