Mari Eder

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 club	Enon Kisa-Pojat[1]
World Cup career
Indiv. podiums	3
Indiv. wins	2
Medal record Representing  Finland Women's cross-country skiing U23 World Championships 2010 Hinterzarten Individual sprint 2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand Individual sprint 2008 Mals Individual sprint Junior World Championships 2007 Tarvisio 4 × 3.33 km relay
Updated on 28 February 2013.

Career

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

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

Olympic Games

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

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

• 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

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

Olympic Games

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

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

World Cup

Season standings

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

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

References

1. "Laukkanen Mari - Biographie". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
2. 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.

External links

• Mari Eder at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
• Mari Eder at IBU BiathlonResults.com
• Mari Eder at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Mari Eder at Olympedia
• Mari Eder at Olympics.com
• Mari Eder at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)