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.
Youth Kvandal comes from Vefsn, near Mosjøen. Inspired by her father, she started ski jumping at age five. She has lived in Trondheim since age fifteen. Kvandal suffered from scoliosis due to genetic factors and had a back surgery in December 2018 to straighten her spinal column.
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 and 18th place in the qualification. 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.
World Cup Standings Season Overall2020/2113N/A 2022/232637 2023/24712024/2542
Individual wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size12020/21 24 January 2021 Ljubno Savina HS94 NH22023/24 10 March 2024 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH312 March 2024 Trondheim Granåsen HS105 NH417 March 2024 Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH52024/25 19 January 2025 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH61 February 2025 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH72025/26 31 January 2026 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH81 February 2026 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH921 March 2026 Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH1022 March 2026 Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH
Individual starts (68) + winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); disqualified (DQ) Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Points2020/21 24933161431615 – – – – – –2022–23 208 – – 10 – – – – – – – 12 14 – – – – – – –3 – – – 7 30 52023–24 843 43 30323 – –3 17 14 – – – – – – 3231121 –
References
External links
Eirin Maria Kvandal at Milano Cortina 2026