Mari Eder (née Laukkanen; born 9 November 1987) is a Finnish former biathlete and cross-country skier.IBU Profile
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.Sports-Reference Profile
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. 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.
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. 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.
She retired at the end of the 2022/23 season.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.International Biathlon Union. Mari Laukkanen. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
Olympic Games 0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2010 Vancouver 43rd 68th — — — 2014 Sochi DNS 36th DNS — — — 2018 Pyeongchang 42nd 64th DNS — — — 2022 Beijing 32nd 28th 30th — 16th 11th
a. The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships 0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2007 Antholz — 43rd LAP — 12th 16th rowspan="10" 2008 Östersund 47th 34th 33rd — 15th 10th 2009 Pyeongchang — 55th 47th — — 6th 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 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 Pokljuka44th56th31st—14th13th25th 2023 Oberhof62nd69th——13th11th—
a. 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 CupSprint 3rd 2 2016–17 17 March 2017 Oslo World CupSprint 1st 3 18 March 2017 Oslo World CupPursuit 1st
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). 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 standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 2008 20 86 — 66 — — 2009 21 109 — 72 — — 2011 23 104 — 73 — — — 2013 25 70 — 41 — — — 2014 26 81 52 — — — 2017 30 86 — 52 — — — 2018 30 76 — 47 — — 2019 31 — — —
Personal life Eder married Austrian Benjamin Eder on 26 July 2018. She has been living in Austria since 2013.
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