Mari Eder (née Laukkanen; born 9 November 1987) is a Finnish former

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and

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Career

Eder competed in the

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for Finland. Her best performance was 43rd in the

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. She also finished 68th in the

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was 7th, as part of the mixed relay team at

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in 2011/12. Her best overall finish in the

is 36th, in 2011/12. She scored her first World Cup podium finish with a third place in the first of two sprints at the

round of the 2013/14 season. Up to February 2017, her best performance at the

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was fourth at Hochfilzen, in Austria, in 2017, in the women's individual competition over the normal distance. Her previous best was sixth, as part of the

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Finnish mixed relay team. Her previous best individual performance was 15th in the

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sprint. However, in March 2017, she won both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit in

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. In addition to biathlon, Eder has competed in cross-country skiing, mostly in sprints and other short races. She enjoyed particular success at the Under-23 level, finishing on the podium in the individual sprint at the Under-23 World Championships three times, taking third in the 2008 Championships in

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, second in the 2009 event at

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, and taking the gold medal in 2010 in

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. In the

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, her best results have been fifth place in the individual sprint in

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in February 2013, and in the team sprint in

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in January 2017. She competed in the cross-country sprint at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, where she placed 15th.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Mari Laukkanen
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Olympic Games

''0 medals'' :a. The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

''0 medals'' :a. During Olympic seasons "Mixed-Relay Championships" were held for those events not included in the Olympic program. :b. The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Individual podiums

* 2 victories – (1 Sp, 1 Pu) * 3 podiums – (2 Sp, 1 Pu)

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Personal life

Eder married the

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Benjamin Eder on 26 July 2018. She has been living in Austria since 2013.

References

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