Linn Persson (born 27 June 1994) is a Swedish

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

. Born in

Torsby Torsby () is a locality and the seat of Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 4,049 inhabitants in 2010. Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. Notable people * Football manager Sven-Gör ...

, she has competed in the

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, and represented Sweden at the 2016 World Championships.

Summer biathlon

In August 2019, she became Swedish champion at 15 kilometres distance during the Swedish national

summer biathlon The IBU Summer Biathlon is a sporting event organized by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) which combines trail running or roller skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting, or sometimes trail running and rifle shooting. It is modeled afte ...

championships in

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name o ...

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)''

World Championships

''4 medals (2 silver, 2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

World Cup

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Persson, Linn 1994 births Swedish female biathletes Biathletes at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Sweden Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden People from Torsby Municipality Living people Biathlon World Championships medalists