Mari Eder (née Laukkanen; born 9 November 1987) is a Finnish former biathlete and cross-country skier.[2][1]

Mari Eder
Mari Eder at the Biathon World Cup 2010 in Hochfilzen, Austria
Born (1987-11-09) 9 November 1987 (age 37)
Eno, Finland
Ski clubEnon Kisa-Pojat[1]
World Cup career
Indiv. podiums3
Indiv. wins2
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Women's cross-country skiing
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Hinterzarten Individual sprint
Silver medal – second place 2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Mals Individual sprint
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Tarvisio 4 × 3.33 km relay
Updated on 28 February 2013.

Career

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Eder competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Finland. Her best performance was 43rd in the individual. She also finished 68th in the sprint.[3]

In February 2013, Eder's best performance in the Biathlon World Cup was 7th, as part of the mixed relay team at Kontiolahti in 2011/12. Her best overall finish in the Biathlon World Cup is 36th, in 2011/12.[2] She scored her first World Cup podium finish with a third place in the first of two sprints at the Kontiolahti round of the 2013/14 season.[4]

Up to February 2017, her best performance at the Biathlon World Championships was fourth at Hochfilzen, in Austria, in 2017, in the women's individual competition over the normal distance. Her previous best was sixth, as part of the 2009 Finnish mixed relay team. Her previous best individual performance was 15th in the 2012 sprint.[2] However, in March 2017, she won both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit in Holmenkollen.

In addition to biathlon, Eder has competed in cross-country skiing, mostly in sprints and other short races. She enjoyed particular success at the Under-23 level, finishing on the podium in the individual sprint at the Under-23 World Championships three times, taking third in the 2008 Championships in Malles Venosta, second in the 2009 event at Praz de Lys-Sommand, and taking the gold medal in 2010 in Hinterzarten. In the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, her best results have been fifth place in the individual sprint in Sochi in February 2013, and in the team sprint in Toblach in January 2017. She competed in the cross-country sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 15th.[1]

She retired at the end of the 2022/23 season.

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[5]

Olympic Games

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay[a]
  2010 Vancouver 43rd 68th
  2014 Sochi DNS 36th DNS
  2018 Pyeongchang 42nd 64th DNS
  2022 Beijing 32nd 28th 30th 16th 11th
a. 1 The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
  2007 Antholz 43rd LAP 12th 16th
  2008 Östersund 47th 34th 33rd 15th 10th
  2009 Pyeongchang 55th 47th 6th
  2010 Khanty-Mansiysk[a] 17th
  2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 40th 28th LAP 10th 9th
  2012 Ruhpolding 60th 15th 25th 27th 18th 16th
  2013 Nové Město 63rd 60th 46th 21st 18th
  2015 Kontiolahti 65th 16th 29th 16th 9th
  2016 Oslo 52nd 45th 18th
  2017 Hochfilzen 4th 57th DNS 15th 10th
  2020 Antholz 67th 68th 11th 9th 23rd
  2021 Pokljuka 44th 56th 31st 14th 13th 25th
  2023 Oberhof 62nd 69th 13th 11th
a. 1 2 During Olympic seasons "Mixed-Relay Championships" were held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
b. The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Individual podiums

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  • 2 victories – (1 Sp, 1 Pu)
  • 3 podiums – (2 Sp, 1 Pu)
No. Season Date Location Level Race Place
1 2013–14 13 March 2014   Kontiolahti World Cup Sprint 3rd
2 2016–17 17 March 2017   Oslo World Cup Sprint 1st
3 18 March 2017   Oslo World Cup Pursuit 1st

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[6]

Olympic Games

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2014 26 15
2018 30 5

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2017 29 8

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
2008 20 86 66
2009 21 109 72
2011 23 104 73
2013 25 70 41
2014 26 81 NC 52
2017 30 86 52
2018 30 76 47 DNF
2019 31 NC NC DNF

Personal life

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Eder married the Austrian Benjamin Eder on 26 July 2018. She has been living in Austria since 2013.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Laukkanen Mari - Biographie". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c IBU Profile
  3. ^ Sports-Reference Profile
  4. ^ "Super day for Finns". kontiolahtibiathlon.com. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ^ International Biathlon Union. Mari Laukkanen. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ "EDER Mari". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Mari Eder…Austria/Finland, Biathlon/Cross-country, Marriage and Motivation". www.biathlonworld.com. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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