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Astrid Jacobsen
Full nameAstrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Born (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 37)
Trondheim, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Ski clubIL Heming
World Cup career
Seasons2005–
Podiums31
Wins5
Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun 4 × 5 km
Silver medal – second place 2015 Falun 15 km pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Holmenkollen Team sprint

Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (born 22 January 1987) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. She skis with the IL Heming club in Oslo, near Holmenkollen.[1] Her greatest achievement is winning the gold medal in sprint at the 2007 World Championships.

Career

Before 2006/07 season

Prior to the 2006/07 season Jacobsen had competed in five World Cup events, three sprint races and two pursuits. One sprint in Drammen in the 2004/05 season and the rest at the end of the 2005/06 season. Her best result in those races was a 10th place in the freestyle sprint in Changchun, China where she lost in the semi final, having had the third best qualifying time. She also achieved another top twenty finish by finishing 17th in the classic sprint in Drammen (2005/06), after qualifying in 15th position.[2] Jacobsen finished the 2005/06 season in 64th place overall and 35th in the sprint, gaining 40 points.[3]

Astrid Jacobsen has competed in two Junior World Championships, in the 2004/2005 Championships held in Rovaniemi, Finland she won a silver in the sprint, behind fellow countrywoman Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes, and ahead of Swedish Ida Ingemarsdotter.[4] Then in the 2005/06 Championships in Kranj, Slovenia Jacobsen won two gold medals. The first in the sprint, ahead of Russian Natalia Matveeva, and Norwegian Celine Brun-Lie.,[5] after qualifying in first place.[6] The second gold was in a 5 km classical style race, winning in a time of 13:57.9, 18.4 seconds ahead of Eva Nývltová, and 32.7 seconds ahead of Charlotte Kalla.[7] She also competed in the pursuit two days later, but finished in 35th place, in a time of 31:26.7, 2:14.5 behind winner Kalla.[8]

She also competed in two Scandinavian Cup races (2005/06), a pursuit and a sprint, and became fifth and eighth respectively.[9] Jacobsen has one National Championship medal, a silver, which she won in January 2005. She became third in the qualifying, and lost to Marit Bjørgen, and ahead of Ella Gjømle, who was third.[10]

2006/07 season

Jacobsen has competed in three of the four opening races of the 2006/07 season. In the sprint in Düsseldorf she finished in 25th position.[11] A month later she achieved her highest ever World Cup finish, becoming fourth in the classic sprint, losing to Petra Majdič, Virpi Kuitunen, and Marit Bjørgen in the final. The day after she became 35th in the classic 10 km race, in a time of 30:29.5, 2:28.3 behind winner Kuitunen.[12] Jacobsen currently is in 18th position in the World Cup standings, and 9th in the sprint standings.[13]

Her placements in the world cup were good enough to be selected for the Norwegian sprint team to the World Championships in Sapporo where she won her first international title in the sprint event. She also won bronze medals in the team sprint (with Marit Bjørgen) and the 4 x 5 km.

2007/08 season

Astrid Jasobsen (numberless) at Tour de Ski in Prague in 2007

After two second places in Kuusamo, Jacobsen retrieved her first world cup in Rybinsk December 15. by winning a 15 km freestyle. Altogether, Jacobsen had 2 wins and 6 podiums this season, placing her second overall behind Virpi Kuitunen.

2008/09 season

After the 2007/08 season, Jacobsen was struck by injuries as well as loss of motivation. Therefore, she lost the early season. She returned to the world cup at the beginning of Tour de Ski, where she placed tenth in the opening prologue. Unfortunately, she fell ill just before the final race, causing her to give up the Tour. She was absent from the world cup after Tour de Ski as well, choosing training for the World Championship instead of competing. However, the championship ended as a big disappointment for Jacobsen, placing 20, 37, 35 in the three first individual events. Her best performance was a fifth place in team sprint along with junior Ingvild Flugstad Østberg. After these poor performances, Jacobsen chose to leave the championship. She fractured her jaw, elbow and back in a cycling accident in June 2009.[14]

2010 Winter Olympics

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Jacobsen finished fifth in the team sprint and seventh in the individual sprint event.

2010/11 season

In July 2010 Jacobsen fell and dislocated a shoulder while training on roller skis. She treated herself immediately to repair the damage and soon recovered.[15] At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Jacobsen was selected for the Team Sprint with her teammate Maiken Caspersen Falla. The pair took Bronze behind the Swedish and Finnish teams.

2013 season

In 2013 Jacobsen had an early success, gaining 2nd place in the Tour de Ski on January 6. She thanked her mother, Dr Britt Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, for suggesting during the previous summer that her daughter might be suffering from a gluten allergy, which tests then proved to be correct. Jacobsen described this diagnosis as very important for her future career.[16]

Individual victories

  • 5 victories – (4 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2007-08 15 December 2007 Russia Rybinsk, Russia 15 km F Mass Start World Cup
2 16 February 2008 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic 7.6 km F World Cup
3 23 February 2008 Sweden Falun, Sweden 15 km M Pursuit World Cup
4 2013-14 3 January 2014 Italy Cortina-Toblach, Italy 15 km F Pursuit Stage World Cup
5 2014-15 23 January 2015 Russia Rybinsk, Russia 10 km F World Cup

Notes and references

  1. ^ Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ^ [1] World Cup history
  3. ^ [2][permanent dead link‍] 2005/06 World Cup standings
  4. ^ FIS-Ski – resultats[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ [3][permanent dead link‍] 1st JWC Gold
  6. ^ [4][permanent dead link‍] 1st Gold qualifying time
  7. ^ [5][permanent dead link‍] 5km JWC Gold
  8. ^ [6][permanent dead link‍] Pursuit JWC
  9. ^ [7] Scandinavian Cup results
  10. ^ [8][permanent dead link‍] National Championship results
  11. ^ [9][permanent dead link‍] Dusseldorf sprint results
  12. ^ [10][permanent dead link‍] 10km Kussamo results
  13. ^ [11][permanent dead link‍] World Cup standings
  14. ^ Norway's Astrid Jacobsen Seriously Injured in Cycling Accident[permanent dead link‍], zone4.ca, June 28, 2009
  15. ^ Repaired own dislocated shoulder (in Norwegian)
  16. ^ Mother solved Jacobsen's form mystery (in Norwegian)
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