Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)

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Anders Jacobsen
Jacobsen in 2010
Country Norway
Born (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 (age 39)
Hønefoss, Norway[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Ski clubRingkollen Skiklubb
Personal best230.5 m (756 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2010
World Cup career
Seasons2007–2011
2013–2015
Starts164
Podiums28
Wins10
Four Hills titles1 (2007)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2009 Liberec Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo Team NH
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liberec Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Val di Flemme Individual LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Planica Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Oberstdorf Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Planica Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Anders Jacobsen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂nːəʂ ˈjɑ̀ːkɔpsn̩]; born 17 February 1985) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and won a team bronze medal in the large hill event in 2010.[1] He is the youngest Norwegian winner of Four Hills Tournament.

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

He made his debut in the Continental Cup on 11 January 2003, where he finished in the 50th position. In August the same year in a FIS Cup meeting in Rælingen, he placed 13th.

In 2006 he was picked for one of the eight spots in the Norwegian World Cup team. He made his debut in the Grand Prix season on 4 August, in Hinterzarten, where he finished 7th in the team competition (with Tom Hilde, Lars Bystøl and Roar Ljøkelsøy). On 5 August, he was eighth; on 14 August, in Courchevel, he was fourth; on 24 August, in Zakopane he was seventh; on 30 September, in Klingenthal, he was sixth; on 4 October, in Oberhof, he was tenth. He was tenth in the Grand Prix, with 184 points.

2006/07 season[edit]

After Daniel Forfang's retirement he remained in the current Norwegian squad. He made his debut in the 2006/07 Ski jumping World Cup in Kuusamo on 24 November 2006, with a third place.

Jacobsen won four World Cup events that season, including the Innsbruck event on 4 January 2007 on his way to becoming overall winner of the 2006-07 Four Hills Tournament.

Entering the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Jacobsen led the overall Ski jumping World Cup standings. At those championships, he earned a silver medal in the team large hill. But he failed in the large hill competition, and finished 7th in the normal hill competition.

After the World Championships, Jacobsen has struggled to maintain his form. He failed to qualify for the finals in Lahti, finished tenth in Kuopio, and 14th in the first Holmenkollen competition. Adam Małysz won all those races and therefore he overtook the lead in the World cup standings.

2007/08 season[edit]

Not having his best season during 2007/2008, Jacobsen still won one world cup victory (being one of four Norwegian jumpers who each won a world cup victory that season), lead the Norwegian team to three team wins in the world cup and a team-bronze in the ski flying world championships, and placed sixth overall in the world cup, behind teammates Tom Hilde and Anders Bardal.

2008/09 season[edit]

As every Norwegian athlete, Jacobsen struggled to maintain the previous season's results in the 2008/2009 season, and had only one podium (3rd place in Trondheim early season) before entering the Four-Hills Tournament. There he showed growing shape, placing 6th overall. Before entering the World Championship, he placed second in the two last world cup races in Klingenthal and in the skiflying hill in Oberstdorf. The World Championship started dreadful for Jacobsen, falling from a bronze medal to 17th place after 86,5 m in the final round in the normal hill event. Yet again he placed third after the first round at the large hill event, winning the bronze medal after the race's cancellation. After winning a silver in the team large hill event Jacobsen won altogether two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. At the end of the season, he was eighth in the overall world cup standings.

2009/10 season[edit]

Jacobsen started the season with a fifth place in the opening race in Kuusamo, but then fell during training, and his placings dropped, mostly varying between top 20 and top 30. However, during the Four Hills Tournament, in the race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Jacobsen struck back with a fifth place, falling from second place. He eventually won his sixth world cup victory in ski flying hill in Oberstdorf on January 31.

World Cup[edit]

Standings[edit]

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT
2006/07 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 19
2007/08 6 9 N/A 9
2008/09 8 6 5 15
2009/10 7 10 5 17
2010/11 19 10 16 N/A
2012/13 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 17 N/A
2013/14 51 13 — N/A
2014/15 17 5 27 N/A

Wins[edit]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2006/07 17 December 2006   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 LH
2 4 January 2007   Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze HS130 LH
3 13 January 2007   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS207 (night) FH
4 10 February 2007   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night) LH
5 2007/08 9 February 2008   Czech Republic Liberec Ještěd A HS134 (night) LH
6 2009/10 31 January 2010   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 FH
7 2012/13 30 December 2012   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
8 1 January 2013   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS140 LH
9 12 January 2013   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night) LH
10 2014/15 1 January 2015   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS140 LH

Individual starts (164)[edit]

winner  1 ; second  2 ; third  3 ; disqualified  dq ; did not compete (–); stuck in qualifications (q)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
2006/07 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Vikersund Zakopane Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Klingenthal Willingen Lahti Kuopio Oslo Oslo Planica Planica Planica 1319
3 10 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 1 7 6 2 3 4 – 1 31 10 14 7 6 2 8
2007/08 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Villach Villach Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Predazzo Predazzo Harrachov Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Liberec Liberec Willingen Kuopio Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo Planica Planica 827
6 – – – – 38 10 8 16 23 8 21 3 3 2 6 4 16 16 1 10 3 15 13 6 4 8
2008/09 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Pragelato Pragelato Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Zakopane Zakopane Whistler Whistler Sapporo Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Vikersund Planica Planica 661
32 3 8 10 42 35 23 6 7 10 7 4 4 – – dq 19 – 9 2 2 6 34 15 22 22 12
2009/10 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Oberstdorf Klingenthal Willingen Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo 557
5 40 36 30 18 15 24 5 5 10 40 13 – – – 7 1 7 2 41 3 20 15
2010/11 Kuusamo Kuopio Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Harrachov Harrachov Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Zakopane Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 344
10 21 11 8 34 16 15 23 4 15 9 – – – – – – – – 16 12 6 12 31 15 28
2012/13 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Krasnaja Polana Krasnaja Polana Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Harrachov Harrachov Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 878
4 4 39 35 7 27 25 1 1 7 2 15 1 14 43 7 21 – – 5 5 3 35 8 5 22 –
2013/14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 82
– – q – 34 17 – – 30 26 16 11 – – 32 29 – – – – 13 37 42 – – – – –
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 511
25 – – 42 – – – – – 14 1 9 5 14 8 11 – – 11 23 8 12 23 – 10 6 16 14 7 21 –

Trivia[edit]

  • He is the youngest Norwegian ski jumper in history to win the Four Hills Tournament (21 years old).
  • Prior to his professional career, Jacobsen worked as a plumber.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Anders Jacobsen. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Stein Erik Kirkebren (8 June 2006) Hopper av jobben. aftenposten.no

External links[edit]

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