Birth name Magdalena Wallin Club Sundsvall Biathlon Height 1.66 m Full name Magdalena Forsberg World Cup debut 8 December 1994 | Nickname(s) Magda Name Magdalena Forsberg Teams 2, 8 Sport Biathlon Role Cross-country skier TV shows Biathlon auf ARD/ZDF | |
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Education Stockholm School of Economics (2011–2011) Similar People Henrik Forsberg, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poiree, Uschi Disl, Kati Wilhelm, Andrea Henkel | ||
Magdalena forsberg stopptid
Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg (born 25 July 1967 as Magdalena Wallin) is a former Swedish cross country skier and biathlete. She was the dominating female biathlete from 1997 to 2002, when she retired, winning the Biathlon World Cup for six years straight. She is also a six-times world champion, a two-times Olympic bronze medalist, and holds the record for the most World Cup victories in women's biathlon.
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- Magdalena forsberg stopptid
- Skidskytte med magdalena forsberg fr n 1998
- Cross country skiing
- Biathlon
- Other honors
- Biathlon results
- Olympic Games
- World Championships
- Individual victories
- References
She has been married to Henrik Forsberg since 1996, also a biathlete and cross country skier.
Skidskytte med magdalena forsberg fr n 1998
Cross country skiing
Forsberg competed as a cross country skier from 1988 to 1996, participating in the World Cup. Her best results at the Winter Olympics were in Albertville in 1992 where she finished seventh in the 4 × 5 km relay and 26th in the 15 km event.
Forsberg's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the 30 km event at Lahti in 1989. In 1987 she was in the Swedish team that finished third in the 4 × 5 km relay. Her best World cup finish was second in a 10 km event in Finland in 1988.
Biathlon
Competing from 1993 to 2002, Forsberg won six straight overall wins in the Biathlon World Cup from 1997 to 2002. She also won six gold medals in the World Championships, became runner-up once, and placed third five times. At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Forsberg won two bronze medals. In her career she managed a total of 42 individual Biathlon World Cup wins, which is more than any other female biathlete to date.
Magdalena Forsberg retired from active sports after the 2001–02 season. After being retired for four years she made a temporary comeback in April 2006 due to losing a bet. The bet said Forsberg would enter the Swedish Championship in Women's Relay with fellow biathlon skier Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek if the latter won an Olympic gold in Turin. The duo went on to win the competition, Forsberg outrunning her competitors in the first leg and Olofsson extending their lead in the second.
During large parts of her career, Forsberg was trained by Wolfgang Pichler, who later took over as coach of the national Swedish biathlon team.
Other honors
Forsberg competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics both as a biathlete and as a cross country skier. She is the only Swedish athlete to have won Jerringpriset four times.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
2 medals (2 bronze)
*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002.World Championships
12 medals (6 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.Individual victories
42 victories (7 In, 13 Sp, 19 Pu, 3 MS)
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.