Hanna Helena Ekholm, September 6, 1984 i Helgum, is a former Swedish biathlete. Ekholm has two individual World Championship gold medals and three individual World Championship bronze. She also has three World Championship medals in the mixed relay. She won the overall World Cup season 2008/2009.
Education
Mid Sweden University is one of the ten largest institutions of higher education in Sweden. Undergraduate courses and research are organized principally under the two faculties of the Human Sciences and Technology and the Natural Sciences. There is also a committee for inter-disciplinary research. Mid Sweden University offers courses and undergraduate programs in the following fields: the Humanities, the Social Sciences, Technology and the Natural Sciences, Teacher Training and the Health and Caring Sciences. Geographically, Mid Sweden University is located in the middle of Sweden, right at the heart of Northern Europe. Mid Sweden University has three campuses: Härnösand, Sundsvall and Östersund. They differ in character and partially in the course programs offered.
Career
Helen grew up in a small village Helgum, located on the border of Solleftea commune. At the age of three, she started skiing with his mother and grandfather Gene. In 1988 in Solleftea Helena took part in the ski competition. Later, when Helen was about 10 years old, the other grandfather Yngwie taught her how to shoot an air rifle. So that was the beginning of Helen’s biathlon career.
Jonsson debuted in 2005 in Östersund in the relay, coming in 15th. In the following World Cup in Hochfilzen she participated in her first individual, coming in 41st. In early 2006 she participated in the Biathlon World Championships Mixed Relay event in 2006 in Pokljuka, coming in sixth. The 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup began very successfully for her. In the World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, she came in fourth in the Individual, eighth in the Sprint, and was on the relay team which came in fifth. In the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz she continued her upward trend and placed fourth in the Sprint. As a high point she led the Swedish team to a gold medal in the mixed-relay. She celebrated her first World Cup victory in the 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup, the mass start in the final round at Khanty-Mansiysk. In the 2008-2009 season she won four more races, including the opening in Östersund where she won the individual race. In the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang Jonsson came from 5th place after the opening sprint to win the Pursuit.
March 10, 2012, Helena Ekholm has announced its intention to complete a professional career at the end of season 2011/2012.