Tiril Eckhoff

Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff is a Norwegian former biathlete, born on 21 May 1990 and the sister of the biathlete Stian Eckhoff. She has been part of the Norwegian team since 2008. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the mixed relay, in 2014 and 2022, and won mass start bronze at both the 2014 and 2018 Games. She won ten gold medals at the World Championships, including the sprint in 2016 and the sprint and pursuit in 2021, and she took the 2020-21 overall World Cup, becoming the first male or female biathlete to win seven consecutive races in a discipline. She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022. Persistent health problems after a Covid infection kept her out of the 2022-23 season, and she announced in March 2023 that she would not return to competition.