Elvira Öberg

Elvira Öberg
	Öberg in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Elvira Karin Öberg
Nationality	Swedish
Born	26 February 1999 (age 25); Kiruna, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
World Cup debut	1 December 2019
Olympic Games
Teams	1 (2022)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 (2020–2024)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	4 (2019–20–)
Individual races	84
All races	113
Individual victories	7
All victories	11
Individual podiums	16
All podiums	31
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Sweden
International biathlon competitions
Olympic Games
World Championships
Youth World Championships
	Updated on 2 October 2023

Elvira Karin Öberg (born 26 February 1999) is a Swedish biathlete. She is the younger sister of Olympic champion Hanna Öberg.^[1]^[2] Elvira won three gold medals in the youth category at the 2018 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Otepää; in the 10 km individual, the 3 × 6 km relay and the 6 km sprint respectively. Öberg placed twelfth in the sprint in her Biathlon World Cup debut in Östersund, 1 December 2019.^[3]^[4] At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022 she won the silver medal in the sprint race, following up with a silver in the pursuit.^[5]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

3 medals (1 gold, 2 silver)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2022 Beijing	13th	Silver	Silver	9th	Gold	4th

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2020 Antholz-Anterselva	14th	13th	47th	26th	5th	—	—
2021 Pokljuka	35th	22nd	14th	14th	5th	—	—
2023 Oberhof	—	16th	—	—	Bronze	9th	—
2024 Nové Město	30th	9th	8th	22nd	Silver	Bronze	—

Season	Overall		Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start		Under 25
Season	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2019-20	268	24th	32	34th	146	15th	54	34th	36	33rd	—
2020-21	631	12th	49	18th	220	12th	198	8th	108	13th	631	4th
2021-22	823	2nd	23	33rd	340	2nd	300	2nd	160	2nd	823	1st
2022-23	764	5th	93	9th	263	4th	350	2nd	58	25th	764	1st
2023-24	829	7th	108	7th	265	5th	297	6th	159	5th	829	1st

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Place
1	2020–21	3 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Sprint	3rd
2	2020–21	19 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Pursuit	3rd
3	2021–22	2 December 2021	Östersund	Sprint	2nd
4		12 December 2021	Hochfilzen	Pursuit	3rd
5		16 December 2021	Le Grand-Bornand	Sprint	3rd
6		18 December 2021		Pursuit	1st
7		19 December 2021		Mass Start	1st
8		12 January 2022	Ruhpolding	Sprint	1st
9		16 January 2022	Ruhpolding	Pursuit	2nd
10		11 February 2022	Beijing	Sprint	2nd
11		13 February 2022	Beijing	Pursuit	2nd
12		12 March 2022	Otepää	Mass Start	1st
13	2022–23	4 December 2022	Kontiolahti	Pursuit	3rd
14		17 December 2022	Le Grand-Bornand	Pursuit	1st
15		5 January 2023	Pokljuka	Sprint	1st
16		7 January 2023	Pokljuka	Pursuit	1st
17		19 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva	Sprint	3rd
18		21 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva	Pursuit	3rd
19	2023–24	8 December 2023	Hochfilzen	Sprint	2nd
20		9 December 2023	Hochfilzen	Pursuit	1st
21		8 December 2023	Lenzerheide	Mass Start	2nd
22		1 March 2024	Holmenkollen	Individual	2nd

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Place	Team
1	2019–20	8 December 2019	Östersund	Relay	3rd	Persson / E. Öberg / Brorsson / H. Öberg
2	2019–20	11 January 2020	Oberhof	Relay	2nd	E. Öberg / Persson / Brorsson / H. Öberg
3	2020–21	5 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Relay	1st	Skottheim / Brorsson / E. Öberg / H. Öberg
4		12 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Relay	3rd	Skottheim / Persson / H. Öberg / E. Öberg
5		16 January 2021	Oberhof	Relay	3rd	Brorsson / Persson / E. Öberg / H. Öberg
6		4 March 2021	Nové Město	Relay	1st	Brorsson / H. Öberg / Persson / E. Öberg
7		14 March 2021	Nové Město	Mixed Relay	3rd	E. Öberg / Magnusson / Nelin / Ponsiluoma
8	2021–22	5 December 2021	Östersund	Relay	3rd	Persson / Brorsson / E. Öberg / H. Öberg
9		11 December 2021	Hochfilzen	Relay	1st	Persson / Magnusson / E. Öberg / H. Öberg
10		16 February 2022	Beijing	Relay	1st	Persson / Brorsson / H. Öberg / E. Öberg
11		3 March 2022	Kontiolahti	Relay	2nd	Persson / Magnusson / H.Öberg / E. Öberg
12		13 March 2022	Otepää	Mixed Relay	2nd	Nelin / Ponsiluoma / Persson / E. Öberg
13	2022–23	1 December 2022	Kontiolahti	Relay	1st	Persson / Magnusson / H.Öberg / E. Öberg
14		11 December 2022	Hochfilzen	Relay	2nd	Persson / Magnusson / H.Öberg / E. Öberg
15		8 January 2023	Pokljuka	Mixed Relay	3rd	Nelin / Ponsiluoma / Brorsson / E. Öberg
16		22 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva	Relay	2nd	Persson / Magnusson / H.Öberg / E. Öberg
17		18 February 2023	Oberhof	Relay	3rd	Persson / Magnusson / E. Öberg / H.Öberg

*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Her sister Hanna Öberg is a professional biathlete who competes with her for the Swedish Women Biathlon team.

^ Tobias Jonsson (3 December 2019). "Hanna Öberg om systern Elvira" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ Hannes Nyberg (14 November 2020). "Elvira och Hanna Öberg snabbare än Stina Nilsson i spåret" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Elvira Öberg hyllas – efter supersträckan". Expressen (in Swedish). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ Elvira Oeberg 12th in World Cup Debut at Oestersund (Interview). Östersund: International Biathlon Union. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "Silver till Elvira Öberg efter stark avslutning". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

v t e Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 7.5 km	1992: Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel, Anne Briand (FRA)
4 × 7.5 km	1994: Nadezhda Talanova, Natalya Snytina, Luiza Noskova, Anfisa Reztsova (RUS) 1998: Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle (GER) 2002: Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm (GER)
4 × 6 km	2006: Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva, Albina Akhatova (RUS) 2010: Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 2014: Vita Semerenko, Yuliia Dzhima, Valentyna Semerenko, Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) 2018: Nadezhda Skardino, Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2022: Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Hanna Öberg, Elvira Öberg (SWE)