Hanna Öberg

Hanna Öberg (born 2 November 1995) is a Swedish biathlete who is double Olympic champion and three-time world champion. She is the elder sister of fellow biathlete Elvira Öberg.

Hanna Öberg

Öberg in 2023
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 29) Kiruna, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Piteå Skidskytteklubb
World Cup debut	27 November 2016
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2018, 2022)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 (2017–2024)
Medals	13 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	5 (2016/17–)
Individual victories	6
All victories	10
Individual podiums	24
All podiums	40
Discipline titles	2: 1 Mass Start (2018–19); 1 Individual (2019–20);
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing  Sweden International biathlon competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 1 0 World Championship 3 4 6 Total 5 5 6 Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 15 km individual 2022 Beijing 4 × 6 km relay 2018 Pyeongchang 4 × 6 km relay World Championships 2019 Östersund 15 km individual 2023 Oberhof 12.5 km mass start 2023 Oberhof 15 km individual 2019 Östersund 4 × 6 km relay 2021 Pokljuka 15 km individual 2023 Oberhof 7.5 km sprint 2024 Nové Město 4 × 6 km relay 2019 Östersund Single mixed relay 2020 Antholz 12.5 km mass start 2021 Pokljuka Mixed relay 2021 Pokljuka Single mixed relay 2023 Oberhof 4 × 6 km relay 2024 Nové Město Mixed relay World Junior Championships 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 7.5 km sprint 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 10 km pursuit 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 3 × 6 km relay Youth World Championships 2012 Kontiolahti 3 × 6 km relay European Championships 2019 Raubichi 15 km individual 2019 Raubichi 7.5 km sprint
Updated on 19 February 2023

Hanna Öberg with the gold medal at 15 km individual in Östersund 2019

Career

In 2017 she won the IBU Female Rookie of the Year Award for her World Cup debut season, with the male counterpart being awarded to her fellow Swede Sebastian Samuelsson.^[1] At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics she won a surprising gold in the Individual, after four clean shootings. It was both the first victory and podium of her career, with her previous best being a fifth place in the world cup.^[2] She also claimed silver in the Relay, finished seventh in sprint, and fifth in both the mass start and the pursuit.^[3][4][5] Öberg repeated her Olympic success at the 2019 Biathlon World Championships on home snow in Östersund, where she again won the individual with a perfect shoot, having previously finished fourth in the sprint and fifth in the pursuit. She became the first female biathlete to win the individual World Championship title the year after taking the Olympic individual gold.^[6]

She was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in early-December 2018.^[7] and the Jerring Award in January 2019.^[8] In June 2019, it was announced she had been awarded the Victoria Award.^[9]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

3 medals (2 gold, 1 silver)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang	Gold	7th	5th	5th	Silver	11th
2022 Beijing	16th	19th	18th	25th	Gold	4th

World Championships

11 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2017 Hochfilzen	55th	40th	49th	—	6th	6th	—
2019 Östersund	Gold	4th	5th	4th	Silver	5th	Bronze
2020 Antholz	4th	18th	4th	Bronze	5th	11th	4th
2021 Pokljuka	Silver	10th	13th	7th	5th	Bronze	Bronze
2023 Oberhof	Gold	Silver	12th	Gold	Bronze	9th	4th
2024 Nové Město	16th	8th	5th	9th	Silver	Bronze	4th

*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
2016–17	21	131	46th	43	25th	37	55th	51	44th	–	–
2017–18	22	167	38th	16	42nd	74	38th	37	49th	40	31st
2018–19	23	741	5th	94	4th	214	8th	213	7th	220	1st
2019–20	24	741	4th	128	1st	245	5th	168	4th	200	3rd
2020–21	25	826	4th	90	3rd	296	3rd	235	4th	165	7th
2021–22	26	661	4th	–	–	306	3rd	262	3rd	93	14th
2022–23	27	710	7th	153	3rd	198	12th	164	12th	195	3rd

Individual podiums

• 8 victories
• 27 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place
1	2017–18	15 February 2018	Pyeongchang	Winter Olympic Games	Individual	1st
2	2018–19	22 December 2018	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
3		10 January 2019	Oberhof	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
4		17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
5		12 March 2019	Östersund	World Championships	Individual	1st
6		23 March 2019	Oslo	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
7		24 March 2019	Oslo	World Cup	Mass Start	1st
8	2019–20	15 December 2019	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
9		15 January 2020	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
10		19 January 2020	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
11		24 January 2020	Pokljuka	World Cup	Individual	2nd
12		26 January 2020	Pokljuka	World Cup	Mass Start	1st
13		23 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	World Championships	Mass Start	3rd
14		8 March 2020	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Mass Start	2nd
15	2020–21	29 November 2020	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Sprint	1st
16		3 December 2020	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Sprint	1st
17		6 December 2020	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
18		19 December 2020	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
19		8 January 2021	Oberhof	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
20		17 January 2021	Oberhof	World Cup	Mass Start	3rd
21		23 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Mass Start	2nd
22		16 February 2021	Pokljuka	World Championships	Individual	2nd
23	2021–22	28 November 2021	Östersund	World Cup	Sprint	1st
24		18 December 2021	Le Grand-Bornand	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
25		9 January 2022	Oberhof	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
26		16 January 2022	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
27	2022–23	30 November 2022	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Individual	1st

Team podiums

• 5 victories
• 19 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place	Teammate(s)
1	2017–18	13 January 2018	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Relay	3rd	Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Anna Magnusson
2		22 February 2018	Pyeongchang	Winter Olympic Games	Relay	2nd	Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Anna Magnusson
3	2018–19	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Relay	2nd	Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Emma Nilsson
4		14 March 2019	Östersund	World Championships	Single Mixed Relay	3rd	Sebastian Samuelsson
5		16 March 2019	Östersund	World Championships	Relay	2nd	Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Anna Magnusson
6	2019–20	30 November 2019	Östersund	World Cup	Single Mixed Relay	1st	Sebastian Samuelsson
7		8 December 2019	Östersund	World Cup	Relay	3rd	Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg, Mona Brorsson
8		11 January 2020	Oberhof	World Cup	Relay	2nd	Elvira Öberg, Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson
9	2020–21	5 December 2020	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Relay	1st	Johanna Skottheim, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg
10		12 December 2020	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Relay	3rd	Johanna Skottheim, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg
11		10 January 2021	Oberhof	World Cup	Single Mixed Relay	2nd	Sebastian Samuelsson
12		16 January 2021	Oberhof	World Cup	Relay	3rd	Mona Brorsson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg
13		10 February 2021	Pokljuka	World Championships	Mixed Relay	3rd	Sebastian Samuelsson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Linn Persson
14		18 February 2021	Pokljuka	World Championships	Single Mixed Relay	3rd	Sebastian Samuelsson
15		4 March 2021	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Relay	1st	Mona Brorsson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg
16	2021–22	5 December 2021	Östersund	World Cup	Relay	3rd	Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg
17		11 December 2021	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Relay	1st	Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg
18		16 February 2022	Beijing	Winter Olympic Games	Relay	1st	Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg
19		13 March 2022	Otepää	World Cup	Single Mixed Relay	2nd	Sebastian Samuelsson

Personal life

Hanna's younger sister Elvira Öberg is also a biathlete. Elvira won two silver medals at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Hanna Öberg was in a relationship with biathlete Jesper Nelin until 2020, and has been in a relationship with the sprint world champion, Martin Ponsiluoma since 2021. ^[10]

References

1. "Swedish Sweep: Rookie Awards to Hanna Öberg and Sebastian Samuelsson". biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
2. "Athlete profile – Hanna Oeberg". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
3. "Biathlon: Women's relay results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
4. "Datacenter".
5. "Double for Dahlmeier, and golds for Öberg and Kuzmina in the women's biathlon".
6. Sharland, Pete (12 March 2019). "Öberg wins historic gold in front of home fans". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
7. Dave Russell (4 December 2018). "Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Skier Hanna Öberg wins top sports prize. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
8. "Hanna Öberg fick Jerringpriset 2018" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
9. Ibraheem Alsalman (3 June 2019). "Hanna Öberg får Victoriapriset" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
10. "Förbundet svarar nu efter kärleksdramat i landslaget". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

Sources

• "Lyckad OS-debut för Hanna Öberg – tog första topp tio-placeringen för säsongen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 10 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
• "Hanna Öberg på femte plats". Norra Skåne (in Swedish). 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
• Kurtoğlu, Özgür (12 February 2018). "Nytt succélopp av Hanna Öberg". Eurosport (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links

• Media related to Hanna Öberg at Wikimedia Commons
• Hanna Öberg at IBU
• Hanna Öberg at Olympics.com
• Hanna Öberg at Olympedia
• Hanna Öberg at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
• Hanna Öberg Workouts

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sarah Sjöström	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 2018	Succeeded by Tove Alexandersson