Kjetil Jansrud

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Kjetil Jansrud
Kjetil Jansrud Hinterstoder 2011.jpg
Jansrud in February 2011
Personal information
Born (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985 (age 39)
Stavanger, Norway
Occupation(s) Alpine skier, television host
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2014) [1]
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
Club Peer Gynt Alpinklubb
World Cup debut19 January 2003 (age 17)
Olympics
Teams5 – (2006–2022)
Medals5 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams8 – (2005, 2009–2021)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 – (2003–2006, 2008–2021)
Wins23
Podiums55
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2015, 2017)
Discipline titles4 – (1 DH, 3 SG)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Slalom000
Giant033
Super-G1385
Downhill874
Combined101
Parallel101
Total231814
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 122
World Championships 120
Total242
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Sochi Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Åre Downhill
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Beaver Creek Combined
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 St. Moritz Super-G
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Maribor Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bardonecchia Combined

Kjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He competed in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event was the giant slalom where he has six World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. Since 2012, he had concentrated on the speed events, where all but two of his World Cup victories had come. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won the super-G and placed third in the downhill. At the World Championships in 2019 at Åre, Jansrud won gold in the downhill. Kjetil is the current host of popular tv reality show Alt for Norge .

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Born in Stavanger, Jansrud hails from Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen, about forty kilometres (25 miles)from Kvitfjell.

Career

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Jansrud finished tenth in the combined. [2] He broke his thumb in the Olympic giant slalom which ended his 2006 season. A bulging disc discovered that September kept him out of the entire 2007 season. Jansrud made his first World Cup podium in January 2009 at Adelboden and finished ninth in the super combined in February at the World Championships.

He won the silver medal in giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler.

Jansrud won his first World Cup race in March 2012 on home snow at Kvitfjell; he made the podium in all three speed events over the weekend, capped off with a victory in the super-G on Sunday. [3]

At the first men's race of the World Championships in 2013 at Schladming, Jansrud crashed in the super-G, but got up and skied down to the finish. It was later revealed that he tore a ligament in his left knee, ending his 2013 season. [4]

At the Winter Olympics in 2014 at Sochi, Jansrud won gold in the super-G and bronze in the downhill at Rosa Khutor. At the first World Cup races following the games, he won two speed events at Kvitfjell.

In the 2015 season, Jansrud won seven World Cup races, and placed first in the season standings in both the Super-G and downhill disciplines. He won a silver medal at the World Championships at Beaver Creek in the combined.

Jansrud achieved four wins during the 2016 season. The following year, he won five World Cup races and placed first in super-G, second in downhill, and second in the overall season standing. He also won a silver medal at the World Championships in the super-G.

He took the silver medal in the downhill at the Winter Olympics in 2018 in Korea, 0.12 seconds behind teammate and training partner Aksel Lund Svindal, after leading most of the run. He won bronze in the super-G, for his fifth Olympic medal: a gold, two silver, and two bronze.

At the World Championships in 2019 in Sweden, Jansrud won gold in the downhill by two-hundredths of a second, edging out Svindal in his final international race. [5] [6]

In an interview in November 2021, Jansrud expressed that the coming season probably would be his last season at top level. [7] Jansrud confirmed in February 2022 that the Kvitfjell race on 4 March 2022 will be his last race. [8] He is retiring at the same course on which he won his first race in 2012.

World Cup results

Season titles

4 titles: (1 Downhill, 3 Super-G)

SeasonDiscipline
2015 Downhill
Super-G
2017 Super-G
2018 Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2004 18140—53———
2005 19985839———
2006 20432146——15
2007 21injured, out for season
2008 221115347———
2009 2334—940——
2010 2417—7284710
2011 251341427463
2012 2684994197
2013 2713—2181011
2014 286—292413
2015 292—191118
2016 3043320243
2017 312—241221
2018 3244345172
2019 3313—3541314
2020 348——597
2021 3531——720—
2022 36110——4047—

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
2012 4 March 2012 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G
2014 28 February 2014 Downhill
2 March 2014Super-G
2015 29 November 2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
30 November 2014Super-G
5 December 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USADownhill
20 December 2014 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G
24 January 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
8 March 2015 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G
18 March 2015 Flag of France.svg Méribel, FranceDownhill
2016 21 December 2015 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, Italy Parallel-G
15 January 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, Switzerland Combined
6 February 2016 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeongseon, South KoreaDownhill
13 March 2016 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G
2017 2 December 2016 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G
3 December 2016Downhill
16 December 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G
27 December 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Santa Caterina, ItalySuper-G
25 February 2017 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
2018 26 November 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
11 March 2018 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G
2019 25 November 2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
2020 24 January 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2005 19DNF1————
2007 21injured, did not compete
2009 23 DNF1 DNF1 DNF — 9
2011 25 DNF1 5 DNF — 10
2013 27 — — DNF — —
2015 29 — — 4 15 2
2017 31 — — 2 4 DNS2
2019 33 — — 22 1 —
2021 35 — — 12 8 DNS2

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 20 — DNS2 — — 10
2010 24 17 2 12 31 9
2014 28 — DNF2 1 3 4
2018 32 — DNF1 3 2 7
2022 36 — — 23 DNS —

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References

  1. ↑ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 24.
  2. ↑ "Profile: Kjetil Jansrud". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  3. ↑ McKee, Hank (4 March 2012). "Jansrud ends Kvitfjell frustration with SG win". Ski Racing.
  4. ↑ "Season over early for Jansrud". FIS Alpine.com. 6 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "'Like a fairytale': Svindal wins world silver in final ski". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "The downhill World Champion title goes to Kjetil Jansrud". FIS-Ski.com. 9 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Sander, Christian Grieg (3 November 2021). "Jansrud hinter om slutt: – Min siste sesong". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kjetil Jansrud, 5-time Olympic medallist, to end ski racing career on Saturday". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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