Magdalena Forsberg

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Medal record
Magdalena Forsberg
Competitor for Sweden
Women's biathlon
Winter Olympics
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	15 km individual
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	7.5 km sprint

Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg (born July 25, 1967 in Örnsköldsvik 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.

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

1 Cross country skiing
2 Biathlon
3 Other honors
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Cross country skiing

Forsberg competed as a cross country skier from 1988 to 1996. 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 finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the 30 km event at Lahti in 1989. Her best World cup finish was second in a 10 km event in Finland in 1988.

[edit] Biathlon

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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 four times. At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Forsberg won two bronze medails. 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 has retired from active sports after the 2001–02 season.

[edit] 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.^[clarify]