Ella Halvarsson

Ella Halvarsson (born 22 October 1999) is a Swedish biathlete who has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2023.^[1]

Ella Halvarsson

Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 25) Borlänge, Sweden
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Biathlon
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing  Sweden World Championships 2025 Lenzerheide 15 km individual 2025 Lenzerheide 4 × 6 km relay Youth World Championships 2018 Otepää 3 × 6 km relay

Career

Halvarsson gained her first international experience in biathlon at the 2018 Youth World Championships, where she immediately won the gold medal in the relay alongside Amanda Lundström and Elvira Öberg. Öberg secured victory in a photo finish against Finland's Heidi Nikkinen in the final sprint.^[2] In 2020, Halvarsson competed again at the Junior World Championships and also won a super sprint qualification in the IBU Junior Cup, though she fell back to 18th place in the competition.

In the 2020/21 winter season, Halvarsson started competing in the IBU Cup. In January, at Arber, she achieved an eighth and a fifth place in the sprint, and alongside Gabriel Stegmayr, another fifth place in the mixed relay.^[3] The European Championships were also highly successful, with a sixth-place finish in the individual event, and by the end of the season, she had recorded two more top-10 results in sprint and relay events.

In the following season, Halvarsson was unable to achieve a top-10 finish but consistently ranked in the top 20, with only a few exceptions. During the 2022/23 season, she competed in all stages of the IBU Cup, achieving top-10 results in Pokljuka, Osrblie, and Obertilliach. Her best performance came in the final race of the season in Canmore, where she hit all her targets in the pursuit, recovered nearly two minutes and climbed 17 places to secure her first podium finish at the senior level.

When Stina Nilsson withdrew due to illness, Halvarsson had the chance to compete at her home World Cup in Östersund. There, she hit 19 out of 20 targets in the individual race and finished 33rd, earning World Cup points in her debut race.^[4]

In the 2024/25 season, after making it to the main team for the World Cup stage in Kontiolahti, she achieved her first podium and her first victory in World Cup in the single mixed relay alongside Sebastian Samuelsson.^[5] At her debut World Championship in 2025 in Lenzerheide, she won silver in the individual race and bronze in the women's relay.^[6][7][8]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2025 Lenzerheide	Silver	9th	9th	17th	Bronze	—	5th

World Cup

Season	Overall			Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start
	Races	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2022–23	2/20	8	81st	8	59th	—	—	—	—	—	—

Individual podiums

• 2 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place
1	2024–25	4 December 2024	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Short Individual	2nd
2		18 February 2025	Lenzerheide	World Championships	Individual	2nd

Relay podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place	Teammate
1	2024–25	30 November 2024	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Single Mixed Relay	1st	Sebastian Samuelsson
2		15 December 2024	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Relay	3rd	Magnusson, Heijdenberg, E. Öberg
3		26 January 2025	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Relay	1st	Skottheim, Magnusson, H. Öberg
4		22 February 2025	Lenzerheide	World Championships	Relay	3rd	Magnusson, H. Öberg, E. Öberg

Youth and Junior World Championships

1 medal (1 gold)

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2018 Otepää	18	16th	75th	—	Gold
2020 Lenzerheide	20	35th	19th	8th	11th
2021 Obertilliach	21	15th	13th	5th	11th