Eirin Maria Kvandal
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| Full name | Eirin Maria Kvandal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mosjøen IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2021–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 231.5 m (760 ft) Vikersund, 22 March 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eirin Maria Kvandal (born 12 December 2001) is a Norwegian ski jumper. She is the 2026 Winter Olympic silver medalist in the mixed team and individual large hill.
Career
Kvandal represents the club Mosjøen IL. She competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2020, winning a silver medal from the mixed team competition at the latter championship. She made her Continental Cup debut in September 2018 and managed two top-10 placements in January and February 2020.
Kvandal belonged to the team for the Raw Air 2020 and started in Trondheim, where she reached 2nd place in training[5] and 18th place in the qualification.[6] The competition itself and the following events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
She made her World Cup debut in December 2020 in Ramsau, finishing 33rd. In her next individual event, January 2021's normal hill in Ljubno, she won the race. With an age of 19 years and 43 days she is the youngest female Norwegian to have won a single's world cup competition. Two weeks later Kvandal suffered a serious knee injury at the world cup in Hinzenbach. She had her comeback in 2022 and participated at the world championships 2023, but had to leave the tournament before the single's competition on the large hill due to an inflammation. One year later she won the Raw Air competition.
Kvandal is a multiple national champion.[7]
