Astrid Jacobsen

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Astrid Jacobsen
Personal information
Full name	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Date of birth	January 22, 1987 (1987-01-22) (age 21)
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway
Professional information
Club	IL Heming
Skis	Fischer
World Cup
Seasons	2005-present
Wins	2
Additional podiums	6
Total podiums	8
Infobox last updated on:
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Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
World Championships
Gold	2007 Sapporo	Individual sprint
Bronze	2007 Sapporo	Team sprint
Bronze	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km

Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (born January 22, 1987 in Trondheim) 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.

Contents 1 Before 2006/07 season 2 2006/07 3 World Championships 2007, Sapporo, Japan 4 Junior World Championships 5 Trivia 6 Notes & References 7 External links

[edit] 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]

She also competed in two Scandinavian Cup races (2005/06), a pursuit and a sprint, and became fifth and eighth respectively.^[4] 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.^[5]

[edit] 2006/07

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.^[6]. A month later she achieved her highest ever World Cup finish, becoming fourth in the classic sprint, losing to Petra Majdic, Virpi Kuitunen, and Marit Bjørgen in the final. The day after she became 35th in the classic 10km race, in a time of 30:29.5, 2:28.3 behind winner Kuitunen.^[7] Jacobsen currently is in 18th position in the World Cup standings, and 9th in the sprint standings.^[8]

[edit] World Championships 2007, Sapporo, Japan

Her placements 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.

[edit] Junior World Championships

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.^[9]. 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.^[10], after qualifying in first place.^[11] The second gold was in a 5km classical style race, winning in a time of 13:57.9, 18.4 seconds ahead of Eva Nyvltova, and 32.7 seconds ahead of Charlotte Kalla.^[12]. 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.^[13]

[edit] Trivia

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• She speaks Norwegian and English.^[1]
• She is a student.^[1]

[edit] Notes & References