Kristoffer Jakobsen

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Kristoffer Jakobsen
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Jakobsen in 2023
Personal information
Born (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 29)
Boden, Sweden
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
ClubStorklintens Alpina
World Cup debut23 October 2016 (age 22)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (20172023)
Medals1 (team) (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 – (20172024)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (3 SL)
Overall titles0 – (51st in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (18th in SL, 2020)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event

Kristoffer Jakobsen (born 9 September 1994) is a Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the slalom discipline. [1] He represented Sweden in the 2018 Winter Olympics and was seventh in the slalom. [2]

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At his third World Championships in 2021, Jakobsen was part of the Swedish team that earned a silver medal in the combined men's and women's team competition. [3] He attained his first World Cup podium in December 2021 with a runner-up finish in a slalom at Val d'Isère, France.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2017 22 107 39
2018 23 159 56
2019 24 124 43
2020 25 67 18 29
2021 26 54 21 24
2022 27 52 19
2023 28 51 19
2024 29 40 14
Standings through 21 January 2024

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2022 12 December 2021 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, France Slalom 2nd
22 December 2021 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
2024 21 January 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2017 22 DNF1 29
2019 24 DNF1
2021 26 DNF2 2
2023 28 DNF1 11

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2018 23 7 5
2022 27 DNF1 10

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References

  1. "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "Olympic".
  3. Thomas Lindblom, Therese Bosta (17 February 2021). "Den svenska silverglädjen" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 20 February 2021.