Olympic Games2002 Salt Lake City15 km individual2002 Salt Lake City7.5 km sprintWorld Championships1997 Brezno-Osrblie15 km individual1997 Brezno-Osrblie10 km pursuit1998 Pokljuka10 km pursuit2000 Oslo10 km pursuit2001 Pokljuka15 km individual2001 Pokljuka12.5 km m* start1999 Kontiolahti7.5 km sprint1996 Ruhpolding7.5 km sprint1997 Brezno-Osrblie7.5 km sprint1999 Oslo12.5 km m* start2000 Oslo15 km individual2001 Pokljuka10 km pursuitWomen's cross-country skiingRepresenting :Sweden World Championships1987 Oberstdorf4 × 5 km relayJunior World Championships 1985 Täsch 3 × 5 km relay 1986 Lake Placid 3 × 5 km relay 1987 Asiago 15 km

Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg (née Wallin; born 25 July 1967) is a Swedish former 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.

She has been married to Henrik Forsberg, also a biathlete and cross-country skier, since mid-1996.

Contents

• 1 Cross-country skiing
• 2 Biathlon
• 3 Other honours
• 4 Biathlon results
  • 4.1 Olympic Games
  • 4.2 World Championships
  • 4.3 Individual victories
• 5 Cross-country skiing results
  • 5.1 Olympic Games
  • 5.2 World Championships
  • 5.3 World Cup
    • 5.3.1 Season standings
    • 5.3.2 Individual podiums
    • 5.3.3 Team podiums
• 6 References
• 7 External links

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.

She participated as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2019, which was broadcast on TV4. She placed second.

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 compe*ion, Forsberg outrunning her compe*ors 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 honours

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 been awarded the Jerring Award 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 compe*ions 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 m* 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.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

• 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 1 podium

Team podiums

• 2 podiums

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

• "IBU Profile of Magdalena Forsberg". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
• "Jerringpriset: Pristagare sedan 1979". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-12-06.

External links

Media related to Magdalena Forsberg at Wikimedia Commons

• Magdalena Forsberg Wallin at the International Ski Federation
• Women's 4 x 5 km cross-country relay Olympic results: 1976-2002 (in Italian)