Tiril Eckhoff

Tiril Eckhoff
Full name	Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff
Born	21 May 1990 Bærum, Norway
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup career
Seasons	2011/12–
Individual wins	2
Indiv. podiums	8
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Mixed relay 2014 Sochi 12.5 km mass start 2014 Sochi 4 x 6 km Relay World Championships 2016 Oslo 7.5 km sprint 2016 Oslo 4 × 6 km relay 2015 Kontiolahti Mixed relay 2016 Oslo Mixed relay

Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian biathlete who represents Fossum IF. Her best solo results internationally have been a win in the 7.5km sprint in the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund in December 2014, and the gold medal in the 7.5km sprint at the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo.^[1]

Career

Eckhoff has been part of the Norwegian biathlon team since 2008.^[2]

Eckhoff competed in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where she won 2 bronze medals and 1 gold.^[1] Bronze in the Mass Start ^[3] and in the Women's relay^[4] and a 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.^[2] She studies engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.^[6]

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.

Results

Olympic Games

3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	18th	18th	24th	Bronze	Bronze	Gold

World Championships

4 medals (2 gold, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti	52nd	19th	18th	16th	5th	Bronze
2016 Oslo	43rd	Gold	17th	24th	Gold	Bronze

World Cup

Season	Overall		Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start
	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2011–12	74	54th	—	—	17	63rd	21	56th	36	34th
2012–13	299	29th	—	—	127	28th	98	28th	74	25th
2013–14	566	7th	56	10th	187	9th	236	5th	87	8th
2014–15	598	8th	41	24th	307	6th	123	20th	127	14th

World cup Individual Victories

• 2 victories – both of them in sprint

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,	7.5 km Sprint	Biathlon World Championships

References

1. Tiril Eckhoff IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014
2. Tiril Eckhoff Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014
3. IBU - Women Mass Start Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
4. IBU - Women Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
5. IBU - Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
6. Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (Norwegian)