Tiril Eckhoff

Eckhoff's international achievements include two Olympic gold medals in the mixed relay, at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics. She also took bronze in the mass start at both the 2014 and 2018 Olympics. At the Biathlon World Championships, she collected ten gold medals, including victories in the 7.5 km sprint in 2016 and both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit in 2021. In the 2020-21 season, she won the World Cup overall title, and she became the first biathlete, male or female, to win seven consecutive races in a single discipline (sprint).

Her 2020-21 World Cup season was particularly strong: she won four gold medals and took six medals in seven races at the Biathlon World Championships. She also claimed the discipline titles in sprint and pursuit that season. In 2016, she became World Champion on the 7.5 km sprint in her home arena, Holmenkollen. During the 2019-20 season, she won seven World Cup races but finished second overall behind Dorothea Wierer. Her sister is fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff. She studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022. She did not compete in the 2022-23 World Cup due to health issues, and in March 2023 she announced she would not return to competition. Tiril is 5'5" with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a slim build. Her Instagram following is 265k.