Jan Jacob Verdenius

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Jan Jacob Verdenius
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Born (1973-09-11) 11 September 1973 (age 48)
Ski club Byåsen IL
World Cup career
Seasons9 – (19942002)
Individual wins1
Indiv. podiums3
Team podiums0
Indiv. starts53
Team starts1
Overall titles0 – (18th in 2001)
Discipline titles1 – (1 SP: 2001)

Jan Jacob Verdenius (born 11 September 1973) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2002. His only World Cup victory was in a sprint event at Engelberg, Switzerland in 2000.

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Verdenius's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the sprint event at Lahti in 2001.

His club was Byåsen IL.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [1]

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km 15 km Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1995 2181N/AN/A
1997 2343N/A4552N/A
2001 27N/A2810

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age 
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint
1994 20NCN/AN/AN/AN/A
1995 21NCN/AN/AN/AN/A
1996 22NCN/AN/AN/AN/A
1997 23NCN/ANCN/ANC
1998 24NCN/ANCN/A
1999 25NCN/ANCN/A
2000 26NCN/ANCNC
2001 2718N/AN/AN/AGold medal icon.svg
2002 2854N/AN/AN/A14

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 3 podiums
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2000–01  17 December 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Brusson, Italy1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
228 December 2000 Flag of Switzerland.svg Engelberg, Switzerland1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
37 March 2001 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd

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References

  1. "VERDENIUS Jan Jacob". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.