Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg (née Wallin; born 25 July 1967) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and biathlete. She was the dominant female biathlete from 1997 to 2002, when she retired, winning the Biathlon World Cup for six years straight. She is also a six-time world champion, a two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and holds the record for the most World Cup victories in women's biathlon.
She has been married to Henrik Forsberg, also a biathlete and cross-country skier, since mid-1996.
Cross-country skiing Forsberg competed as a cross country skier from 1988 to 1996, participating in the World Cup. Her best results at the Winter Olympics were in Albertville in 1992 where she finished seventh in the 4 × 5 km relay and 26th in the 15 km event.
Forsberg's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the 30 km event at Lahti in 1989. In 1987 she was in the Swedish team that finished third in the 4 × 5 km relay. Her best World Cup finish was second in a 10 km event in Finland in 1988.
She participated as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2019, which was broadcast on TV4.Let's Dance 2019 deltagare TV4.se Retrieved 4 March 2019 She placed second.
Biathlon Competing from 1993 to 2002, Forsberg won six straight overall wins in the Biathlon World Cup from 1997 to 2002. She also won six gold medals in the World Championships, was runner-up once, and placed third five times. At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Forsberg won two bronze medals. In her career she managed a total of 42 individual Biathlon World Cup wins, which is more than any other female biathlete to date.
Magdalena Forsberg retired from active sports after the 2001–02 season. After being retired for four years she made a temporary comeback in April 2006 due to losing a bet. The bet said Forsberg would enter the Swedish Championship in Women's Relay with fellow biathlon skier Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek if the latter won an Olympic gold in Turin. The duo went on to win the competition, Forsberg outrunning her competitors in the first leg and Olofsson extending their lead in the second.
During large parts of her career, Forsberg was trained by Wolfgang Pichler, who later took over as coach of the Swedish national biathlon team.
Post-retirement After retirement, Forsberg, along with Peter Forsberg, footballer Mathias Jönsson, and golfer Per-Ulrik Johansson enrolled in a business class at the Johan Cruyff Institute in Stockholm. She received additional education in the field of tax legislation.
Other honours Forsberg competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics both as a biathlete and as a cross country skier. She is the only Swedish athlete to have been awarded the Jerring Award four times.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 2 medals (2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 1998 Nagano 14th 17th 10th 2002 Salt Lake City Bronze Bronze 6th — *Pursuit was added as an event in 2002.
World Championships 12 medals (6 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay 7th 19th 7th 14th 1996 Ruhpolding 15th Bronze 9th 10th 1997 Brezno-Osrblie Gold Bronze Gold 11th 16th 1998 Pokljuka Gold 7th 1999 Kontiolahti 6th Silver 5th Bronze — 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen Bronze 4th Gold 4th 13th 2001 Pokljuka Gold 6th Bronze Gold — 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 8th *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.
Individual victories 42 victories (7 In, 13 Sp, 19 Pu, 3 MS)
Season Date Location Discipline Level 1994–95 1 victory (1 Sp)28 January 1995 Ruhpolding7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1995–961 victory (1 In) 14 December 1995 Oslo Holmenkollen15 km individualBiathlon World Cup 1996–97 4 victories(1 In, 1 Sp, 2 Pu) 4 January 1997 Oberhof7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 5 January 1997 Oberhof10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie10 km pursuitBiathlon World Championships 7 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie15 km individualBiathlon World Championships 1997–986 victories(1 In, 3 Sp, 2 Pu)13 December 1997 Östersund7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 20 December 1997 Kontiolahti10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 8 January 1998 Ruhpolding7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 3 March 1998 Pokljuka15 km individualBiathlon World Cup 7 March 1998 Pokljuka7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 8 March 1998 Pokljuka10 km pursuitBiathlon World Championships1998–994 victories(2 Sp, 2 Pu)11 December 1998 Hochfilzen7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 12 December 1998 Hochfilzen10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 25 February 1999 Lake Placid7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 6 March 1999 Valcartier10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup1999–20003 victories(1 Sp, 2 Pu)9 December 1999 Pokljuka7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 20 February 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km pursuitBiathlon World Championships 18 March 2000 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup2000–0114 victories(2 In, 4 Sp, 6 Pu, 2 MS)8 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 16 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 17 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 5 January 2001 Oberhof7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 6 January 2001 Oberhof10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 7 January 2001 Oberhof12.5 km mass startBiathlon World Cup 13 January 2001 Ruhpolding7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 14 January 2001 Ruhpolding10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 18 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 6 February 2001 Pokljuka15 km individualBiathlon World Championships 9 February 2001 Pokljuka12.5 km mass startBiathlon World Championships 28 February 2001 Salt Lake City15 km individualBiathlon World Cup 3 March 2001 Salt Lake City10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 17 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2001–029 victories(2 In, 1 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)6 December 2001 Hochfilzen7.5 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 9 December 2001 Hochfilzen10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 12 December 2001 Pokljuka15 km individualBiathlon World Cup 16 December 2001 Pokljuka10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 20 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie15 km individualBiathlon World Cup 22 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie12.5 km mass startBiathlon World Cup 11 January 2002 Oberhof10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 10 March 2002 Östersund10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 23 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 5 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 4 × 5 km relay 1992 24 — 26 — 34 7 1998 30 — — — — 8
World Championships 1 medal – (1 bronze) Year Age 5 km 10 km classical 10 km freestyle 15 km 20 km 30 km 4 × 5 km relay 1987 19 — — —Bronze 1989 21 18 — 1710 4 1991 23 27 — 25 —6
World Cup
Season standings Season Age Overall 1988 20 20 1989 21 17 1990 22 21 1991 23 29 1992 24 1993 25 55 1994 26
Individual podiums
1 podium No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 1987–88 27 March 1988 Rovaniemi, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
Team podiums
2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 1986–87 17 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany 4 × 5 km Relay F World Championships 3rd Lamberg-Skog / Dahlman / Westin2 1988–89 12 March 1989 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Svingstedt / Lamberg-Skog / Fritzon
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
External links
Women's 4 x 5 km cross-country relay Olympic results: 1976-2002