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Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)

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Anders Jacobsen is a Norwegian former ski jumper, born on 17 February 1985, who competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and won a team bronze medal in the large hill event in 2010. In the 2006 to 07 season he won four World Cup events, including the Innsbruck event on 4 January 2007, and became overall winner of the Four Hills Tournament at the age of 21, the youngest Norwegian to do so. He took team large hill silver at the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo and two medals at the 2009 championships in Liberec, one of them team large hill silver. He placed sixth in the 2007 to 08 World Cup and eighth in 2008 to 09, and won his sixth World Cup victory on the ski flying hill in Oberstdorf on 31 January 2010. Before his professional career he worked as a plumber.

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1985 1
Gender
Male 1
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5+ 2
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a Norwegian former ski jumper
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1. Olympedia: Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) on Olympedia
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  • Biographical information, sex
    Sex Male
  • Biographical information, born
    Born 17 February 1985
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2. Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) (Wikipedia)
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    a Norwegian former ski jumper
  • Career, 2008/09 season, medals
    After winning a silver in the team large hill event Jacobsen won altogether two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.
  • Plays: Ski Jumping, Lead
    a Norwegian former ski jumper
  • Competed In: 2010 Winter Olympics, Lead, 2010 Olympics
    He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and won a team bronze medal in the large hill event in 2010.
  • Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, Lead, 2014 Olympics
    He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and won a team bronze medal in the large hill event in 2010.
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