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

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. Eckhoff is a two-time Olympic champion, winning the mixed relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and

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, and also won a bronze in the mass start, a feat she repeated at the

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. Eckhoff is also a ten-time gold medalist at the

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s, winning gold in the 7.5 km sprint at the

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, and both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit at the

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.Tiril Eckhoff
IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014 She is the sister of fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff.

Career

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

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, where she won 3 medals. Bronze in the

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and in the women's relay and gold in the mixed relay together with

Tora Berger Tora Berger (born 18 March 1981) is a retired Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion. Personal life Berger married in 2010, having met her husband in high school.

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and

Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July 1985) is a retired Norwegian biathlete. He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics (four gold) and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships. He skis with Trondhjems Skiskytt ...

. She is the sister of former biathlete Stian Eckhoff and studied engineering at the

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.Tiril Eckhoff
Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014 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 Dorothea Wierer (, ; born 3 April 1990) is an Italian biathlete competing in the Biathlon World Cup. Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Soc ...

. 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

. Later in the season, she won the 2020–21 World Cup overall title, winning the most races in a season since

Magdalena Forsberg Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg (née Wallin; born 25 July 1967) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and biathlete. She was the dominant female biathlete from 1997 to 2002, when she retired, winning the Biathlon World Cup for six years straight. ...

. 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. Eckhoff did not participate in the

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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

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Olympic Games

''8 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''15 medals (10 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)'' :''*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

World cup Individual Victories

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

References

External links

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