Eirin Maria Kvandal

Eirin Kvandal
Kvandal in 2025
Country	Norway
Full name	Eirin Maria Kvandal
Born	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 23)
Ski club	Mosjøen IL
Personal best	212 m (696 ft) Vikersund, 17 March 2024
World Cup career
Seasons	2021–present
Indiv. starts	44
Indiv. podiums	22
Indiv. wins	6
Team starts	5
Team podiums	5
Team wins	1
Medal record Women's ski jumping Representing   Norway World Championships 2025 Trondheim Team NH 2025 Trondheim Mixed team LH 2023 Planica Team NH 2025 Trondheim Individual LH European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed team NH Junior World Championships 2020 Oberwiesenthal Mixed team NH
Updated on 1 April 2025.

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

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]

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	RA
2020/21	13	N/A
2022/23	26	37
2023/24	7	1
2024/25	4	3

Individual wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2020/21	24 January 2021	Ljubno ob Savinji	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94	NH
2	2023/24	10 March 2024	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
3		12 March 2024	Trondheim	Granåsen HS105	NH
4		17 March 2024	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS240	FH
5	2024/25	19 January 2025	Sapporo	Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium HS137	LH
6		1 February 2025	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS147	LH

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																												249
	33	1	6	14	3	16	15	–	–	–	–	–	–
2022–23																												208
	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	7	30	5
2023–24																												843
	4	3	30	3	2	3	–	–	3	17	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	3	1	1	2	1	–

References

1. "Nytt hopptalent fra Vefsn". nrk.no . 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
2. "Poruszająca historia Eirin Marii Kvandal. Od operacji kręgosłupa do zwycięstwa w Pucharze Świata" (in Polish). skijumping.pl. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
3. "Eirin (19) knuste verdenseliten med 22 metallskruer i ryggen" (in Norwegian). tv2.no. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
4. "BalcerSki podcast #6: Eirin Maria Kvandal". shows.acast.com. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
5. "Results Official Training" (PDF). medias1.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
6. "Results RAW AIR Opening Competition" (PDF). medias1.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
7. "hopp (norske mestere)" (in Norwegian). Great Norwegian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 31 March 2025.

External links

• Eirin Kvandal at FIS (ski jumping)
• Eirin Maria Kvandal at Team Norway (in Norwegian)