Anders Jacobsen | |
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Jacobsen in 2010
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Country | Norway |
Born |
Hønefoss, Norway |
17 February 1985
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Ski club | Ringkollen Skiklubb |
Personal best |
230.5 m (756 ft) Planica, 20 March 2010 |
World Cup career | |
Seasons |
2007–2011 2013–2015 |
Individual wins | 10 |
Team wins | 6 |
Indiv. podiums | 28 |
Team podiums | 20 |
Yellow bibs | 13 |
Indiv. starts | 164 |
Team starts | 26 |
Four Hills titles | 1 (2007) |
Medal record
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Anders Jacobsen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑndeːʂ jɑːkɔbsən]; born 17 February 1985) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He is the youngest Norwegian winner of Four Hills Tournament.
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.
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.