Tiril Eckhoff
Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff 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.
In 19-20 season she won seven world cup races but she finished second in the Overall, behind Dorothea Wierer. In the last race 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 medalsEvent | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | ||
2014 Sochi | 18th | 18th | 24th | Bronze | Bronze | Gold |
2018 Pyeongchang | 23rd | 24th | 9th | Bronze | 4th | Silver |
World Championships
9 medalsEvent | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | |||
2015 Kontiolahti | 52nd | 19th | 18th | 16th | 5th | Bronze | rowspan="3" |
2016 Oslo | 43rd | Gold | 17th | 24th | Gold | Bronze | - |
2017 Hochfilzen | 39th | 13th | 30th | 12th | 11th | 8th | - |
2019 Östersund | 37th | 9th | Silver | 5th | Gold | Gold | — |
2020 Antholz-Anterselva | 15th | 59th | 20th | 7th | Gold | Gold | — |
World Cup
World cup Individual Victories
- 13 victories –
No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
1 | 2014/15 | 6 December 2014 | Östersund, Sweden | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
2 | 2015/16 | 5 March 2016 | Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway | 7.5 km Sprint | World Championships |
3 | 2016/17 | 10 March 2017 | Kontiolahti, Finland | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
4 | 2016/17 | 19 March 2017 | Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup |
5 | 2017/18 | 18 January 2018 | Antholz, Italy | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
6 | 2018/19 | 7 February 2019 | Canmore, Canada | 12.5 km Short Individual | World Cup |
7 | 2019/20 | 15 December 2019 | Hochfilzen, Austria | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
8 | 2019/20 | 20 December 2019 | Le Grand-Bornand, France | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
9 | 2019/20 | 21 December 2019 | Le Grand-Bornand, France | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
10 | 2019/20 | 22 December 2019 | Le Grand-Bornand, France | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup |
11 | 2019/20 | 15 January 2020 | Ruhpolding, Germany | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
12 | 2019/20 | 19 January 2020 | Ruhpolding, Germany | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
13 | 2019/20 | 8 March 2020 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup |