Öberg began biathlon in her childhood at Piteå Skidskytte Klubb and from 2015 attended the biathlon high school in Sollefteå for four years . During this time she achieved her first international successes. As early as 2017, the Swedish Biathlon Association recognized her as Newcomer of the Year after winning the bronze medal in the individual race at the Youth World Championships , the following year she became three-time youth world champion in Otepää : In the individual race and in the sprint, she won with one error and the fastest time Gold medal, in the relay she hit the last runner with all ten shots, caught up one minute behind and triumphed together with Amanda Lundström and Ella Halvarsson. In 2019 she won the relay bronze medal in the next higher age group of juniors with Lundström and Annie Lind and missed the podium by 0.2 seconds as a sprint fourth.
After her success at the Youth World Cup, 19-year-old Öberg trained with the Swedish A team from summer 2018. During the 2018/19 season , she received several appearances in the IBU Cup, the second highest competition series in the adult division, in which she achieved ninth place as the best result. In November 2019, Öberg made his debut in the World Cup and, as twelfth , immediately collected World Cup points in her first race - the sprint in front of a home crowd in Östersund . A few days later she ran in second position in the Swedish women's relay, which she handed over while in the lead and with which she was ultimately third on the podium in the World Cup for the first time. Öberg confirmed these results in the further course of the season, achieved the points of the top 40 in 17 of 19 individual starts, achieved eighth place in the sprint of Nové Město as the best result and finished 24th in the overall standings. She also contested a large part of the relay races and came in second place in Oberhof again among the top three. At the end of winter, the IBU World Biathlon Federation named Öberg Rookie of the Year .
Personal
Öberg grew up in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten : She was born in Kiruna and moved with her family to Svensbyn in the municipality of Piteå as a child . Her sister Hanna , who is three years older than her , has been part of the Swedish World Cup team since 2016, was Rookie of the Year in 2017 and became Olympic champion in the 15-kilometer individual race in 2018 - a few weeks before Elvira became three-time youth world champion, which led to many comparisons between the two developments. Elvira Öberg described her sister as a role model, said they were both ambitious and stated that she wanted to exceed Hanna's achievements. Since completing her schooling in Sollefteå in 2019, she has lived in Östersund near the ski stadium .
Placements in the biathlon world cup
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
↑ a b A day in the life of Elvira Oeberg on biathlonworld.com. Released August 2, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2020. “I really hope I can become better than her [Hanna]. That's my goal and I don't think it's unrealistic. "
Sweden
