Helena Ekholm (born September 6, 1984 in Helgum

Sollefteå Municipality

Sollefteå Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.The former City of Sollefteå was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality...

) is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 biathlete

Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

. She was born in Helgum, Sollefteå Municipality

Sollefteå Municipality

Sollefteå Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.The former City of Sollefteå was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality...

. She is the reigning world champion in pursuit. She also won the Women's Biathlon World Cup in the 2008-09 season.

Jonsson debuted in 2005 in Östersund

Östersund

Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...

 in the relay, coming in 15th. In the following World Cup in Hochfilzen

Hochfilzen

Hochfilzen is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Pillersee valley 5km west of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,109 in 2001.It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross country skiing...

 she participated in her first individual, coming in 41st. In early 2006 she participated in the Biathlon World Championships Mixed Relay

Biathlon World Championships 2006

The Mixed Relay Biathlon World Championships was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia on March 12, 2006. As for the rules of biathlon in the year of the Winter Olympic Games World Championships being played only in disciplines not included in the Olympic program, therefore the championship consisted only of...

 event in 2006 in Pokljuka

Pokljuka

Pokljuka is a foresty plateau at the altitude of around 1300 metres, situated partly in the municipality of Bled and partly in municipality of Bohinj in northwestern Slovenia. It is part of Triglav national park...

, coming in sixth. The 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup

2006-07 Biathlon World Cup

The 2006−07 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season lasted from 29 November 2006 to 18 March 2007....

 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

Biathlon World Championships 2007

The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy from February 2 to February 11.-Opening ceremony:* Date / Time: Fri February 3, 2007 / 20:00 CET...

 in Antholz

Rasen-Antholz

Rasen-Antholz is a municipality in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 110 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 60 km northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.-Geography:...

 she continued her upward trend and placed fourth in the Sprint

Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Sprint

Event: 7.5 km Sprint WomenDate: February 3, 2007Place: Antholz, ItalyStart Time: 14:15 CETEnd Time: 15:24 CET-Results:Did not start:*Andrijana Stipanicic, Did not finish:*Lenka Munclingerova, Jury Decisions:...

. 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

2006-07 Biathlon World Cup

The 2006−07 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season lasted from 29 November 2006 to 18 March 2007....

, the mass start in the final round at Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk

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. In the 2008-2009 season she won four more races, including the opening in Östersund

Östersund

Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...

 where she won the individual race. In the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang

Biathlon World Championships 2009

The 43rd Biathlon World Championships were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from February 13 to February 22, 2009. It was the first time that the Biathlon World Championships were held in Asia ....

 Jonsson came from 5th place after the opening sprint to win the Pursuit.

Due to her marriage to fellow former biathlete David Ekholm, she changed her surname to Ekholm in the summer of 2010.

Biathlon World Cup placings

Place	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
1st place	3	1	2	4	2
2nd place		4		2	1
3rd place	1	2	1	2	2
Top 10	7	19	10	11	21