Kjetil Jansrud

Kjetil Jansrud
— Alpine skier —

Jansrud in February 2011
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G,
Giant slalom, Combined
Club Peer Gynt Alpinklubb
Born (1985-08-25) 25 August 1985
Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
World Cup debut 19 January 2003 (age 17)
Website kjetil-jansrud.com
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals 3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 5 – (2005, 2009–15)
Medals 1
World Cup
Seasons 11th – (2005–16)
Wins 14 – (6 DH, 6 SG, 1 PGS, 1 SC)
Podiums 33 – (12 DH, 13 SG, 6 GS, 1 PGS, 1 SC)
Overall titles 0 – (2nd in 2015)
Discipline titles 2 – (DH, SG in 2015 )
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Competitor for  Norway
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Super-G
2010 Vancouver Giant slalom
2014 Sochi Downhill
World Championships
2015 Beaver Creek Combined
Junior World Ski Championships
2004 Maribor Giant slalom
2005 Bardonecchia Combined

Kjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He races in all alpine disciplines apart slalom, and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal. However, since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist, having won eleven of his thirteen World Cup victories in the speed events. At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill.

Born in Stavanger, Jansrud hails from Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Jansrud finished tenth in the combined.[1] 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 at the 2009 World Championships.

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

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.[2]

At the first men's race of the 2013 World Championships, 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.[3]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in 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.

World Cup results

Season titles

2 titles: (1 DH, 1 SG)

Season Discipline
2015 Super-G
Downhill

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2004 18 140 — 53 — — —
2005 19 98 58 39 — — —
2006 20 43 21 46 — — 15
2007 21 injured, out for season
2008 22 111 53 47 — — —
2009 23 34 — 9 40 — —
2010 24 17 — 7 28 47 10
2011 25 13 41 4 27 46 3
2012 26 8 49 9 4 19 7
2013 27 13 — 21 8 10 11
2014 28 6 — 29 2 4 13
2015 29 2 — 19 1 1 18
2016 30 4 33 20 2 4 3

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2009 10 Jan 2009  Switzerland  Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 3rd
2010 29 Jan 2010 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd
30 Jan 2010 Giant slalom 2nd
2011 5 Dec 2010 United States Beaver Creek, USA Giant slalom 2nd
6 Feb 2011 Austria Hinterstoder, Austria Giant slalom 2nd
2012 6 Dec 2011 United States Beaver Creek, USA Giant slalom 3rd
16 Dec 2011 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 3rd
2 Mar 2012 Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 3rd
3 Mar 2012 Downhill 2nd
4 Mar 2012Super-G1st
2013 30 Nov 2012 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 3rd
2014 21 Dec 2013 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
28 Feb 2014Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill1st
2 Mar 2014Super-G1st
2015 29 Nov 2014 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st
30 Nov 2014 Super-G 1st
5 Dec 2014United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill1st
6 Dec 2014 Super-G 2nd
19 Dec 2014 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
20 Dec 2014Super-G1st
24 Jan 2015Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill1st
22 Feb 2015Austria Saalbach, Austria Super-G 3rd
8 Mar 2015Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 1st
18 Mar 2015France Méribel, FranceDownhill 1st
19 Mar 2015 Super-G 2nd
2016 4 Dec 2015 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 2nd
18 Dec 2015Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 2nd
19 Dec 2015 Downhill 3rd
21 Dec 2015Italy Alta Badia, ItalyParallel giant slalom1st
15 Jan 2016 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSuper combined 1st
6 Feb 2016South Korea Jeongseon, South KoreaDownhill 1st
13 Mar 2016Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 1st
17 Mar 2016 Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2005 19 DNF1 — — — —
2007 21 injured, did not compete
2009 23 DNF1 DNF1 DNF — 9
2011 25 DNF1 5 DNF — 10
2013 27 — — DNF — —
2015 29 — — 4 15 2

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 20 — DNS2 — — 10
2010 24 17 2 12 31 9
2014 28 — DNF2 1 3 4

References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Kjetil Jansrud". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  2. ↑ McKee, Hank (4 March 2012). "Jansrud ends Kvitfjell frustration with SG win". Ski Racing.
  3. ↑ "Season over early for Jansrud". FIS Alpine.com. 6 February 2013.

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