Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen during the World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria in February 2019
Country Norway
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
Seasons16 – (2005–2020)
Starts258
Podiums43
Wins6
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2008)
Discipline titles0
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
Total 4 2 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Falun 15 km skiathlon
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Oslo Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti 10 km classical
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti 30 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Rovaniemi 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kranj Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kranj 5 km classical
Gold medal – first place 2007 Taraviso Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 2007 Taraviso 4 × 3.33 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2005 Rovaniemi 5 km classical
Bronze medal – third place 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).[1] She skied with the IL Heming club in Oslo, near Holmenkollen.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] Jacobsen finished the 2005/06 season in 64th place overall and 35th in the sprint, gaining 40 points.[5]

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.[6] 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.,[7] after qualifying in first place.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

She also competed in two Scandinavian Cup races (2005/06), a pursuit and a sprint, and became fifth and eighth respectively.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[18]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2010 23 — — — 7 — —
2014 27 17 — — 4 5 —
2018 31 — — — — Gold —

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2007 20 — — — Gold Bronze Bronze
2009 22 20 36 — 34 — 5
2011 24 — — — 9 — Bronze
2013 26 — 9 — 16 — —
2015 28 33 Silver — — Gold —
2017 30 Bronze 8 Bronze — Gold —
2019 32 10 4 12 — Silver —

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 — — — — —
2006 19 64 NC 35 — — — — —
2007 20 24 46 10 — — — — —
2008 21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) — 16 — 7 —
2009 22 90 NC 62 — DNF — — —
2010 23 49 38 45 — DNF — — —
2011 24 8 11 7 DNF 10 — 5 —
2012 25 9 11 11 32 8 — DNF —
2013 26 9 8 29 DNF 5 — 6 —
2014 27 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 19 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) — DNF —
2015 28 15 10 30 DNF — — — —
2016 29 7 8 5 7 DNF — — 6
2017 30 25 23 24 18 DNF — — —
2018 31 15 11 45 — DNF — 5 —
2019 32 13 10 16 — DNF — 7 —
2020 33 4 6 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 5 — —

Individual podiums

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

Team podiums

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

References

  1. ^ "Mrs Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  3. ^ "Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen retired". FIS. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine World Cup history
  5. ^ [2] 2005/06 World Cup standings
  6. ^ FIS-Ski – resultats
  7. ^ [3] 1st JWC Gold
  8. ^ [4] 1st Gold qualifying time
  9. ^ [5] 5km JWC Gold
  10. ^ [6] Pursuit JWC
  11. ^ [7] Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Scandinavian Cup results
  12. ^ [8] National Championship results
  13. ^ [9] Dusseldorf sprint results
  14. ^ [10] 10km Kussamo results
  15. ^ Norway's Astrid Jacobsen Seriously Injured in Cycling Accident, zone4.ca, 28 June 2009
  16. ^ Repaired own dislocated shoulder (in Norwegian)
  17. ^ Mother solved Jacobsen's form mystery (in Norwegian)
  18. ^ "JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

External links

Media related to Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen at Wikimedia Commons

Olympic champions in women's 4 × 5 km cross-country relay
World champions in women's cross-country skiing individual sprint
World champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 × 5 km relay
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