Catarina Eklund

Catarina Eklund
Full name	Catarina Eklund-Gustafsson
Association	Sweden
birthday	19th January 1970
place of birth	Charlottenberg
Career
job	Occupational therapist
society	Skid Club Bore
Debut in the World Cup	1990?
status	resigned
End of career	1994
World Cup balance
last change: end of career

Catarina Eklund-Gustafsson (born January 19, 1970 in Charlottenberg ) is a former Swedish biathlete .

Catarina Eklund is Christina Eklund's twin sister . She works as an occupational therapist , lives in Torsby and started for the local association Skidklubben Bore . Eklund began biathlon in 1986, first took part in an international biathlon championship as part of the 1991 World Championships in Lahti and was 25th in the individual and 35th in the sprint. With Carolin Hilden , Inger Björkbom and her sister, she also achieved fifth place in the team race. In 1992 she was one of the first women to take part in biathlon competitions at the Winter Olympics in Albertville . The Swede was only used in one of the three possible races, the individual, and came in 29th there. At the interim Olympic World Championships in 1993 in Borowetz , she reached 27th place in the sprint and was 22nd in the individual. In addition, Eklund and Eva-Karin Westin , Maria Schylander and her sister seventh in the relay race and alongside Heléne Dahlberg , Eva-Karin Westin and her sister ninth in the team race. In the 1992/93 season Eklund also achieved her best international career result as eleventh of a single in Antholz . She achieved placements in the points ranks several times in the course of her career. The last highlight of her career was the participation in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , where Eklund was used in all three races. At the side of Eva-Karin Westin, Maria Schylander and Heléne Dahlberg, she reached ninth place in the final run, she was 59th in the sprint, 60th in the individual. After the games, she ended her career.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Relay: including mixed relay

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	team	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10					2	2	4th
Scoring	5	1			2	2	10
Starts	13	15th			2	2	32
Status : End of career, including Olympic Games and World Championships, data may not be complete

Web links

• Catarina Eklund in the IBU database (English)
• Catarina Eklund in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Results at the-sports.org (including various misspellings of the name)