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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1997 Sunne, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Emil Nykvist (born 25 March 1997) is a Swedish biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2021. [1]
Emil Nykvist has been competing in biathlon since 2013 but initially participated in national cross-country skiing competitions as a junior. His best result in this discipline was a third-place finish in May 2016 in Torsby. That same year, he took part in the Youth World Championships for the first time, with his best result being 26th place in the sprint. [2] The year before, he had already competed in the Olympic Youth Festival.
In early 2018, the Swedish athlete made his debut in the IBU Cup in Osrblie, though he primarily participated in Junior World Championships until 2019. During the 2019/20 season, Nykvist competed in the IBU Cup but only rarely finished in the points. After hardly competing in the 2020/21 season, he improved significantly the following winter. Following several top-30 finishes, he made his first World Cup appearance in Hochfilzen, finishing 84th in the sprint. In March 2022, Nykvist achieved his first IBU Cup podium finish, securing third place in a mixed relay in Ridnaun alongside Ingela Andersson, Elisabeth Högberg, and Henning Sjökvist. Notably, he led his relay leg. [3]
Starting in the 2022/23 season, Nykvist became a regular member of the Swedish World Cup team. He earned his first World Cup points in the individual race in Kontiolahti and the sprint in Hochfilzen. His best result of the season was 27th place in the sprint in Pokljuka. [4] At the World Championships in Oberhof, he competed in the individual and sprint events. However, illness forced him to miss the final two World Cup stops, and he finished the season ranked 69th in the overall standings.
At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Nykvist delivered strong performances in the IBU Cup, achieving two top-10 results and a podium finish in the mixed relay. [5] [6] This earned him World Cup starts in December and January, where he narrowly missed the podium with the Swedish men's relay team in Oberhof. At the same venue, he matched his best-ever individual result by finishing 27th in the pursuit. Despite these performances, he was dropped from the national team at the end of January 2024 and returned to the IBU Cup and European Championships, where he finished outside the top 30.
During the 2025 European Championships in Martell-Val Martello, he reached the third place in the individual race with one missed shot. [7]
Nykvist lives in his hometown of Sunne and at the biathlon training center in Östersund. He is in a relationship with his former teammate Stina Nilsson. [8] [9]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 2023 Oberhof | 49th | 84th | — | — | — | — | — |
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | ||||||
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| Races | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2021–22 | 1/22 | Didn't earn World Cup points | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | 12/21 | 27 | 69th | 3 | 62nd | 23 | 51st | 1 | 74th | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 6/21 | 16 | 73rd | — | — | 2 | 74th | 14 | 56th | — | — |
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2016 Cheile Gradistei | 18 | 48th | 26th | 30th | 11th |
 2017 Brezno-Osrblie | 19 | 58th | 59th | 49th | 11th |
 2018 Otepää | 20 | 18th | 40th | 30th | 12th |
| 2019 Brezno-Osrblie | 21 | 19th | 25th | 26th | 14th |
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