Hanna Linnea Öberg (born 2 November 1995) is a Swedish biathlete who is a double Olympic champion and a three-time world champion. She is the elder sister of fellow biathlete Elvira Öberg.
Career In 2017 she won the IBU Female Rookie of the Year Award for her World Cup debut season, with the male counterpart being awarded to her fellow Swede Sebastian Samuelsson. At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics she won a surprising gold in the Individual, after four clean shootings. It was both the first victory and podium of her career, with her previous best being a fifth place in the world cup. She also claimed silver in the Relay, finished seventh in sprint, and fifth in both the mass start and the pursuit. Öberg repeated her Olympic success at the 2019 Biathlon World Championships on home snow in Östersund, where she again won the individual with a perfect shoot, having previously finished fourth in the sprint and fifth in the pursuit. She became the first female biathlete to win the individual World Championship title the year after taking the Olympic individual gold.
She was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in early-December 2018. and the Jerring Award in January 2019. In June 2019, it was announced she had been awarded the Victoria Award.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 4 medals (2 gold, 2 silver) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2018 Pyeongchang Gold 7th 5th 5th Silver 11th 2022 Beijing 16th 19th 18th 25th Gold 4th 2026 Milano Cortina 41st 18th 8th 10th Silver 5th
World Championships 14 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2017 Hochfilzen 55th 40th 49th — 6th 6th rowspan="1" 2019 Östersund Gold 4th 5th 4th Silver 5th Bronze 2020 Antholz 4th 18th 4th Bronze 5th 11th 4th 2021 Pokljuka Silver 10th 13th 7th 5th Bronze Bronze 2023 Oberhof Gold Silver 12th Gold Bronze 9th 4th 2024 Nové Město 16th 8th 5th 9thSilverBronze 4th 2025 Lenzerheide 43rd 19th 11th 30thBronze 5th — *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
World Cup Season Age Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2016–17 21 131 46th 43 25th 37 55th 51 44th – –2017–18 22 167 38th 16 42nd 74 38th 37 49th 40 31st2018–19 23 741 5th 94 4th 214 8th 213 7th 220 1st2019–20 24 741 4th 128 1st 245 5th 168 4th 200 3rd2020–21 25 826 4th 90 3rd 296 3rd 235 4th 165 7th2021–22 26 661 4th – – 306 3rd 262 3rd 93 14th2022–23 27 710 7th 153 3rd 198 12th 164 12th 195 3rd 2023–24 28 528 12th 47 21st 139 15th 213 10th 129 9th 2024–25 29 488 12th 122 4th 122 20th 122 15th 122 10th 2025–26 30 9582nd 125 4th 345 2nd 372 3rd 116 11th
Individual podiums 36 Medals (11 Gold, 15 Silver, 10 Bronze)
No. Season Date Location Level Race Place1 2018–19 22 December 2018 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Pursuit 3rd2 10 January 2019 Oberhof World Cup Sprint 3rd3 17 January 2019 Ruhpolding World Cup Sprint 3rd4 23 March 2019 Oslo World Cup Pursuit 3rd5 24 March 2019 Oslo World Cup Mass Start 1st62019–20 15 December 2019 Hochfilzen World Cup Pursuit 2nd7 15 January 2020 Ruhpolding World Cup Sprint 2nd819 January 2020 Ruhpolding World Cup Pursuit 3rd9 24 January 2020 Pokljuka World Cup Individual 2nd10 26 January 2020 Pokljuka World Cup Mass Start 1st11 8 March 2020 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Mass Start 2nd122020–21 29 November 2020 Kontiolahti World Cup Sprint 1st13 3 December 2020 Kontiolahti World Cup Sprint 1st14 6 December 2020 Kontiolahti World Cup Pursuit 3rd15 19 December 2020 Hochfilzen World Cup Pursuit 2nd16 8 January 2021 Oberhof World Cup Sprint 2nd17 17 January 2021 Oberhof World Cup Mass Start 3rd18 23 January 2021 Antholz-Anterselva World Cup Mass Start 2nd192021–22 28 November 2021 Östersund World Cup Sprint 1st20 18 December 2021 Le Grand-Bornand World Cup Pursuit 3rd21 9 January 2022 Oberhof World Cup Pursuit 2nd22 16 January 2022 Ruhpolding World Cup Pursuit 3rd232022–23 30 November 2022 Kontiolahti World Cup Individual 1st24 18 March 2023 Oslo World Cup Sprint 2nd 25 19 March 2023 Oslo World Cup Mass Start 1st262023–24 17 December 2023 Lenzerheide World Cup Mass Start 2nd272024–25 8 March 2025 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Pursuit 2nd28 13 March 2025 Pokljuka World Cup 15 km Individual 2nd292025–26 18 December 2025 Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand World Cup 7.5 km Sprint 1st30 11 January 2026 Oberhof World Cup Pursuit 3rd31 16 January 2026 Ruhpolding World Cup Sprint 1st32 18 January 2026 Ruhpolding World Cup Pursuit 2nd33 5 March 2026 Kontiolahti World Cup Individual 2nd34 19 March 2026 Oslo World Cup Sprint 1st35 21 March 2026 Oslo World Cup Pursuit 1st36 22 March 2026 Oslo World Cup Mass Start 2nd
Team podiums 30 Medals (12 Gold, 10 Silver, 8 Bronze)
No. Season Date Location Level Race Place Teammate(s)1 2017–18 13 January 2018 Ruhpolding World Cup Relay 3rd Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Anna Magnusson2 2018–19 16 December 2018 Hochfilzen World Cup Relay 2nd Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Emma Nilsson3 2019–20 30 November 2019 Östersund World Cup Single Mixed Relay 1st Sebastian Samuelsson4 8 December 2019 Östersund World Cup Relay 3rd Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg, Mona Brorsson 5 11 January 2020 Oberhof World Cup Relay 2nd Elvira Öberg, Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson 6 2020–21 5 December 2020 Kontiolahti World Cup Relay 1st Johanna Skottheim, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg7 12 December 2020 Hochfilzen World Cup Relay 3rd Johanna Skottheim, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg8 10 January 2021 Oberhof World Cup Single Mixed Relay 2nd Sebastian Samuelsson9 16 January 2021 Oberhof World Cup Relay 3rd Mona Brorsson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg10 4 March 2021 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Relay 1st Mona Brorsson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg11 2021–22 5 December 2021 Östersund World Cup Relay 3rd Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg12 11 December 2021 Hochfilzen World Cup Relay 1st Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg13 3 March 2022 Kontiolahti World Cup Relay 2nd Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg14 13 March 2022 Otepää World Cup Single Mixed Relay 2nd Sebastian Samuelsson15 2022–23 1 December 2022 Kontiolahti World Cup Relay 1st Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg16 11 December 2022 Hochfilzen World Cup Relay 2nd Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg17 22 January 2023 Antholz World Cup Relay 2nd Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg18 5 March 2023 Nové Město World Cup Mixed Relay 2nd Anna Magnusson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson19 2023–24 24 November 2023 Ostersund World Cup Single Mixed Relay 1st Sebastian Samuelsson20 29 November 2023 Ostersund World Cup Relay 2nd Anna Magnusson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg21 10 December 2023 Hochfilzen World Cup Relay 2nd Anna Magnusson, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg22 7 January 2024 Oberhof World Cup Relay 3rd Anna Magnusson, Linn Persson, Elvira Öberg23 9 March 2024 Soldier Hollow World Cup Relay 3rd Anna Magnusson, Mona Brorsson, Elvira Öberg24 2024–25 1 December 2024 Kontiolahti World Cup Relay 1st Anna Magnusson, Sara Andersson, Elvira Öberg25 12 January 2025 Oberhof World Cup Mixed Relay 1st Sebastian Samuelsson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Elvira Öberg26 26 January 2025 Antholz World Cup Relay 1st Johanna Skottheim, Ella Halvarsson, Anna Magnusson27 16 March 2025 Pokljuka World Cup Relay 1st Anna-Karin Heijdenberg, Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson28 2025–26 13 December 2025 Hochfilzen World Cup Relay 1st Ella Halvarsson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg29 14 January 2026 Ruhpolding World Cup Relay 3rd Johanna Skottheim, Linn Gestblom, Elvira Öberg30 8 March 2026 Kontiolahti World Cup Relay 1st Linn Gestblom, Anna Magnusson, Elvira Öberg
Personal life Hanna's younger sister Elvira Öberg is also a biathlete. Elvira won two silver medals at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Hanna Öberg was in a relationship with biathlete Jesper Nelin until 2020, and has been in a relationship with the sprint world champion, Martin Ponsiluoma since 2021. She announced her pregnancy in July 2026.
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Hanna Oeberg at Milano Cortina 2026