Elin Mattsson

Elin Mattsson ( born September 21, 1986 in Torsby ) is a Swedish biathlete.

Elin Mattsson attended high school in Torsby and starts to bore biathlon. The receptionist began in 1997 with the sport of biathlon. In 2005, she appeared in Kontiolahti on at her first World Youth Championship and took the seats 60 in singles, 23 in the sprint, 20 in the pursuit and with Helena Jonsson and Johanna Holma in the relay race on the anchor leg of the Swedish season five. In Presque Isle followed the year after the second appearance at a World Junior Championships. In individual Mattsson was 15, 23 in the sprint and pursuit of the 20 race. With Emelie Larsson and Holma, she was nominated again on the anchor leg of the relay, the relay competition Sixth. In Langsdorf, she started a little later at the Junior European Championships. There, she attended the ranks 20 in singles and Sprint as well as 23 in the pursuit. Third major event was the Military World Championship 2006 in Andermatt where the Swede was in the sprint 21.

Since the 2007/ 08 season starts in Mattsson Biathlon European Cup and thus in the power range. Your first race she contested sprints in Geilo, where it was first 42 and then became the first 19 points. First major event were here the Biathlon 2008 European Championships in Nove Mesto na Moravě in which the Swede in the single reached the 49th place, 34 was in the sprint, 25th in the pursuit race and with Sanna Eklund, Emelie Larsson and Kim Adolfsson the relay competition as Eight -place finished. The Military World Ski Championships 2008 in Hochfilzen brought the 37 places in the singles, with Adolfsson and Elisabeth Högberg eighth place in the team and two and Susanne Nystroem in patrol run seventh. It took two years to Mattsson again started in Otepaeae at the Biathlon World Championships in 2010 at a major event. In individual they finished 20th place, was eleventh in the sprint and pursuit of the 18 race. With the Swedish squadron at Jonsson, Andersson and Larsson, she was the anchor leg Sixth. Even before the European Championships, the Swede could debut in the race in Antholz Biathlon World Cup and 78th in both single and Sprint. At the start of the World Cup 2011/2012 Ostersund Elin Matsson finished in single race in 35th place and won for the first time points in the Biathlon World Cup.

National Mattsson won in 2009 and 2010 at the Swedish championships each with Emelie Larsson and Chardine Sloof silver medals in the relay events.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).