Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen during the World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria in February 2019
Country	Norway
Full name	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Born	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 37) Trondheim, Norway
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Ski club	IL Heming
World Cup career
Seasons	16 – (2005–2020)
Individual wins	6
Team wins	8
Indiv. podiums	43
Team podiums	13
Indiv. starts	258
Team starts	26
Overall titles	0 – (2nd in 2008)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Norway International nordic ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 3 2 5 Olympic Games Gold 2018 Pyeongchang 4 × 5 km relay World Championships Gold 2007 Sapporo Individual sprint Gold 2015 Falun 4 × 5 km relay Gold 2017 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay Silver 2015 Falun 15 km skiathlon Silver 2019 Seefeld 4 × 5 km relay Bronze 2007 Sapporo Team sprint Bronze 2007 Sapporo 4 × 5 km relay Bronze 2011 Oslo Team sprint Bronze 2017 Lahti 10 km classical Bronze 2017 Lahti 30 km freestyle Junior World Championships Gold 2005 Rovaniemi 4 × 5 km relay Gold 2006 Kranj Individual sprint Gold 2006 Kranj 5 km classical Gold 2007 Taraviso Individual sprint Gold 2007 Taraviso 4 × 3.33 km relay Silver 2005 Rovaniemi 5 km classical Bronze 2007 Taraviso 5 km freestyle

Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (born 22 January 1987) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She skied with the IL Heming club in Oslo, near Holmenkollen. Her greatest achievement is winning the gold medal in sprint at the 2007 World Championships. On 22 April 2020, she announced her retirement from cross-country skiing in favour of medical studies.

Career

Before 2006/07 season

Prior to the 2006/07 season Uhrenholdt 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. Jacobsen finished the 2005/06 season in 64th place overall and 35th in the sprint, gaining 40 points.

Astrid Uhrenholdt 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. Then in the 2005/06 Championships in Kranj, Slovenia Uhrenholdt Jacobsen won two gold medals. The first in the sprint, ahead of Russian Natalia Matveeva, and Norwegian Celine Brun-Lie., after qualifying in first place. 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. 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.

She also competed in two Scandinavian Cup races (2005/06), a pursuit and a sprint, and became fifth and eighth respectively. Uhrenholdt 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.

2006/07 season

Uhrenholdt Jacobsen competed in three of the four opening races of the 2006/07 season. In the sprint in Düsseldorf she finished in 25th position. 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.

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

After two second places in Kuusamo, Uhrenholdt Jacobsen retrieved her first world cup in Rybinsk 15 December. 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, Uhrenholdt 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 Uhrenholdt 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, Uhrenholdt Jacobsen chose to leave the championship. She fractured her jaw, elbow and back in a cycling accident in June 2009.

2010 Winter Olympics

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

2010/11 season

In July 2010 Uhrenholdt Jacobsen fell and dislocated a shoulder while training on roller skis. She treated herself immediately to repair the damage and soon recovered. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Uhrenholdt 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 Uhrenholdt Jacobsen had an early success, gaining second place in the Tour de Ski on 6 January. 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. Uhrenholdt Jacobsen described this diagnosis as very important for her future career.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 1 medal — (1 gold)

World Championships

• 10 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings			Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	Ski Tour 2020	World Cup Final	Ski Tour Canada
2005	18	90	—	66	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006	19	64	NC	35	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007	20	24	46	10	N/A	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008	21	02	4	02	N/A	16	N/A	7	N/A
2009	22	90	NC	62	N/A	DNF	N/A	—	N/A
2010	23	49	38	45	N/A	DNF	N/A	—	N/A
2011	24	8	11	7	DNF	10	N/A	5	N/A
2012	25	9	11	11	32	8	N/A	DNF	N/A
2013	26	9	8	29	DNF	5	N/A	6	N/A
2014	27	03	6	19	6	02	N/A	DNF	N/A
2015	28	15	10	30	DNF	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016	29	7	8	5	7	DNF	N/A	N/A	6
2017	30	25	23	24	18	DNF	N/A	—	N/A
2018	31	15	11	45	—	DNF	N/A	5	N/A
2019	32	13	10	16	—	DNF	N/A	7	N/A
2020	33	4	6	8	03	5	5	N/A	N/A

Individual podiums

• 6 victories – (4 WC, 2 SWC)
• 43 podiums – (22 WC, 21 SWC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	2006–07	28 January 2007	Otepää, Estonia	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
2	2007–08	1 December 2007	Rukatunturi, Finland	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
3		2 December 2007		10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
4		15 December 2007	Rybinsk, Russia	15 km Mass Start F	World Cup	1st
5		16 December 2007		1.2 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
6		23 January 2008	Canmore, Canada	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
7		10 February 2008	Otepää, Estonia	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
8		16 February 2008	Liberec, Czech Republic	7.6 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
9		23 February 2008	Falun, Sweden	7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/F	World Cup	1st
10		5 March 2008	Drammen, Norway	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
11		14 March 2008	Bormio, Italy	2.5 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
12	2010–11	26 November 2010	Rukatunturi, Finland	1.2 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	3rd
13		31 December 2010	Oberhof, Germany	2.5 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	3rd
14		2 January 2011	Oberstdorf, Germany	1.2 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	3rd
15		13 March 2011	Lahti, Finland	1.4 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
16		20 March 2011	Falun, Sweden	10 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	2nd
17	2011–12	31 January 2011	Oberstdorf, Germany	1.2 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	3rd
18		3 January 2012	Toblach, Italy	3 km Individual C	Stage World Cup	3rd
19		7 March 2012	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
20	2012–13	4 January 2013	Toblach, Italy	3 km Individual C	Stage World Cup	3rd
21	2013–14	28 December 2013	Oberhof, Germany	3 km Individual F	Stage World Cup	2nd
22		31 December 2013	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	2nd
23		1 January 2014		10 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	2nd
24		3 January 2014	Cortina/Toblach, Italy	15 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	1st
25		4 January 2014	Val di Fiemme, Italy	5 km Individual C	Stage World Cup	2nd
26		5 January 2014		9 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	2nd
27		28 December 2013 – 5 January 2014	Tour de Ski	Overall Standings	World Cup	2nd
28	2014–15	23 January 2015	Rybinsk, Russia	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
29		15 March 2015	Oslo, Norway	30 km Mass Start F	World Cup	3rd
30	2015–16	16 January 2016	Planica, Slovenia	1.2 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
31		23 January 2016	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
32		14 February 2016	Falun, Sweden	10 km Mass Start F	World Cup	3rd
33		2 March 2016	Montreal, Canada	10.5 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	3rd
34		5 March 2016	Quebec City, Canada	10 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	3rd
35		8 March 2016	Canmore, Canada	1.5 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	2nd
36		9 March 2016		7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	Stage World Cup	3rd
37	2018–19	26 January 2019	Ulricehamn, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
38		12 March 2019	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
39	2019–20	29 November – 1 December 2019	Nordic Opening	Overall Standings	World Cup	3rd
40		3 January 2020	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	1st
41		4 January 2020		1.3 km Sprint C	Stage World Cup	2nd
42		18 February 2020	Åre, Sweden	0.7 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	3rd
43		23 February 2020	Trondheim, Norway	15 km Pursuit C	Stage World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

• 8 victories – (7 RL, 1 TS)
• 13 podiums – (10 RL, 3 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	2006–07	4 February 2007	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Skofterud / Størmer Steira / Bjørgen
2	2007–08	25 November 2007	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Johaug / Skofterud / Bjørgen
3		17 February 2008	Liberec, Czech Republic	4 × 1.4 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	1st	Bjørgen
4		24 February 2008	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Aunet Tyldum / Størmer Steira / Bjørgen
5	2011–12	20 November 2011	Sjusjøen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Flugstad Østberg / Berger / Kristoffersen
6		12 February 2012	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Skofterud / Johaug / Bjørgen
7	2012–13	20 January 2013	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Skofterud / Flugstad Østberg / Ek Hagen
8	2015–16	17 January 2016	Planica, Slovenia	6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Weng
9		24 January 2016	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Flugstad Østberg / Weng / Johaug
10	2016–17	15 January 2017	Toblach, Italy	6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Caspersen Falla
11		22 January 2017	Ulricehamn, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Flugstad Østberg / Weng / Bjørgen
12	2018–19	27 January 2019	Ulricehamn, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Weng / Johaug / Flugstad Østberg
13	2019–20	8 December 2019	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Caspersen Falla / Johaug / Weng

See also

In Spanish: Astrid Jacobsen para niños