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Eirin Maria Kvandal

Norwegian ski jumper (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eirin Maria Kvandal
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Eirin Maria Kvandal (born 12 December 2001) is a Norwegian ski jumper.

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Youth

Kvandal comes from Vefsn,[1] near Mosjøen. Inspired by her father she started ski jumping with an age of five years.[2] Since an age of 15 years she lives in Trondheim.[3] Kvandal suffered from scoliosis due to genetic factors[4] and had a back surgery in December 2018 to straighten her spinal column.[3]

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.

Kvandal is a multiple national champion.[7]

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World Cup

Standings

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Individual wins

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Individual starts (44)

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 Points
2020/21 Ramsau am Dachstein Ljubno ob Savinji Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Chaykovsky, Perm Krai Chaykovsky, Perm Krai 249
33 1 6 14 3 16 15
2022–23 Wisła Wisła Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Villach Villach Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Zaō Onsen Hinterzarten Hinterzarten Willingen Willingen Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Râșnov Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Lahti 208
10 12 14 3 7 30 5
2023–24 Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Oberstdorf Villach Villach Sapporo Sapporo Zaō Onsen Ljubno ob Savinji Ljubno ob Savinji Willingen Willingen Hinzenbach Hinzenbach Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Planica 843
4 3 30 3 2 3 3 17 14 32 3 1 1 2 1

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