Tiril Eckhoff

Tiril Eckhoff
Personal information
Full nameTiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990
Bærum, Norway
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubFossum IF
World Cup debut2011
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals8 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 (2015–2021)
Medals15 (10 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 (2010/2011-2022/2023)
All races286
Individual victories28
All victories50
Individual podiums48
All podiums87
Overall titles1 (2020–21)
Discipline titles3:
1 Sprint (2020–21)
2 Pursuit (2019–20, 2020–21)
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Mixed relay
2022 Beijing Mixed relay
2014 Sochi 4 × 6 km relay
2018 Pyeongchang Mixed relay
2022 Beijing 12.5 km mass start
2014 Sochi 12.5 km mass start
2018 Pyeongchang 12.5 km mass start
2022 Beijing 10 km pursuit
World Championships
2016 Oslo 7.5 km sprint
2016 Oslo 4 × 6 km relay
2019 Östersund Mixed relay
2019 Östersund 4 × 6 km relay
2020 Antholz 4 x 6 km relay
2020 Antholz Mixed relay
2021 Pokljuka 7.5 km sprint
2021 Pokljuka 10 km pursuit
2021 Pokljuka 4 x 6 km relay
2021 Pokljuka Mixed relay
2019 Östersund 10 km pursuit
2021 Pokljuka Single mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti Mixed relay
2016 Oslo Mixed relay
2021 Pokljuka 12.5 km mass start

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.[3]

Eckhoff competed in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she won 3 medals.[1] Bronze in the mass start[4] and in the women's relay[5] and gold in the mixed relay together with Tora Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen.[6] She is the sister of former biathlete Stian Eckhoff and studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.[3][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 persistent health issues resulting from a Covid infection she contracted at the 2021/2022 end-of-season party.[9] On March 15, 2023, she announced through her social media that she would not return to competition.[10] Eckhoff later confirmed in a 2025 German television documentary on life after biathlon that long Covid and the powerful medications needed to treat her persistent sleep problems forced her retirement. This left her with "no formal education." "It was really a tough time." [11]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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

Year Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2014 Sochi 18th 18th 24th Bronze Silver Gold
2018 Pyeongchang 23rd 24th 9th Bronze 4th Silver
2022 Beijing 22nd 11th Bronze Silver 4th Gold
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

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

Year Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti 52nd 19th 18th 16th 5th Bronze N/a
2016 Oslo 43rd Gold 17th 24th Gold Bronze
2017 Hochfilzen 39th 13th 30th 12th 11th 8th
2019 Östersund 37th 9th Silver[12] 5th Gold[13] Gold[14] —
2020 Antholz-Anterselva 15th 59th[15] 20th 7th Gold Gold[16] —
2021 Pokljuka 23rd Gold Gold Bronze Gold Gold Silver
*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

Season Age Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2011–12 21 74 54th – – 17 63rd 21 56th 36 34th
2012–13 22 299 29th – – 127 28th 98 28th 74 25th
2013–14 23 566 7th 56 10th 187 9th 236 5th 87 8th
2014–15 24 598 8th 41 24th 307 6th 123 20th 127 14th
2015–16 25 544 11th 63 14th 158 20th 189 10th 134 10th
2016–17 26 566 11th 2 72nd 277 6th 168 16th 119 12th
2017–18 27 297 23rd 19 39th 130 16th 90 29th 58 27th
2018–19 28 517 13th 64 14th 153 20th 176 10th 123 15th
2019–20 29 786 2nd 61 15th 283 3rd 232 1st 210 2nd
2020–21 30 1139 1st 41 27th 420 1st 360 1st 172 5th
2021–22 31 555 11th 41 13th 256 7th 158 13th 100 11th

World cup Individual Victories

  • 29 victories – (14 Sp, 11 Pu, 3 MS, 1 In)
No. Season Date Location Race 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 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 20 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
9 21 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France 10 km Pursuit World Cup
10 22 December 2019 Le Grand-Bornand, France 12.5 km Mass Start World Cup
11 15 January 2020 Ruhpolding, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
12 19 January 2020 Ruhpolding, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup
13 8 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic 12.5 km Mass Start World Cup
14 2020/21 6 December 2020 Kontiolahti, Finland 10 km Pursuit World Cup
15 18 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
16 19 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup
17 8 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
18 9 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup
19 14 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
20 13 February 2021 Pokljuka, Slovenia 7.5 km Sprint World Championships
21 14 February 2021 Pokljuka, Slovenia 10 km Pursuit World Championships
22 6 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
23 7 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup
24 12 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
25 13 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup
26 19 March 2021 Östersund, Sweden 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
27 2021/22 6 March 2022 Kontiolahti, Finland 10 km Pursuit World Cup
28 18 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
29 19 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway 10 km Pursuit World Cup

References

  1. ^ a b Tiril Eckhoff IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014
  2. ^ "Norwegian Women: Eckhoffs Lead the Way". International Biathlon Union. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b Tiril Eckhoff Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2014
  4. ^ IBU – Women Mass Start Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  5. ^ IBU – Women Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  6. ^ IBU – Mixed Relay Sochi 2014 IBU. Retrieved 6 March 2014
  7. ^ Eckhoff droppet studiene for å bli bedre Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian)
  8. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  9. ^ February 09, 2023, Tiril Eckhoff (@tirileckhoff), retrieved 26 January 2026
  10. ^ Long Covid: Biathletin Eckhoff denkt an Karriereende, Salzburger Nachrichten, retrieved 26 January 2026
  11. ^ Ohne Gewehr - Leben nach dem Biathlon, ARD, retrieved 26 January 2026
  12. ^ "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 10 km Pursuit Competition, 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  13. ^ "IBU World Championships Biathlon, Women 4x6 km Relay Competition, 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  14. ^ "IBU World Championships Biathlon, 2x6+2x7.5 Mixed Relay (W-M), 2018/2019". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  15. ^ "ANTHOLZ - ANTERSELVA" (PDF). ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  16. ^ "ANTHOLZ - ANTERSELVA" (PDF). ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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