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| Born | (1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (age 40) Stavanger, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Alpine skier,television host | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2014)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill,super-G,giant slalom,combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Peer Gynt Alpinklubb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 19 January2003 (age 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2006–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 5 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 – (2005,2009–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 18 – (2003–2006,2008–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 –(2nd in2015,2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 4 – (1DH, 3SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian formerWorld Cupalpine ski racer andOlympic champion. He competed in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event was thegiant 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 the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi, he won thesuper-G and placed third in thedownhill. At theWorld Championships in2019 atÅre, Jansrud won gold in thedownhill. Kjetil is the current host of popular tv reality showAlt for Norge.
Born inStavanger, Jansrud hails fromVinstra inGudbrandsdalen, about forty kilometres (25 miles)fromKvitfjell.
At the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin, Jansrud finished tenth in thecombined.[2] He broke his thumb in the Olympicgiant slalom which ended his2006 season. Abulging disc discovered that September kept him out of the entire2007 season. Jansrud made his first World Cup podium in January 2009 atAdelboden and finished ninth in thesuper combined in February at theWorld Championships.
He won the silver medal ingiant slalom at the2010 Winter Olympics atWhistler.
Jansrud won his first World Cup race in March2012 on home snow atKvitfjell; 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 in2013 atSchladming, Jansrud crashed in thesuper-G, but got up and skied down to the finish. It was later revealed that he tore a ligament in his left knee, ending his2013 season.[4]
At the Winter Olympics in2014 atSochi, Jansrud won gold in thesuper-G and bronze in thedownhill atRosa Khutor. At the first World Cup races following the games, he won two speed events at Kvitfjell.
In the2015 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 theWorld Championships atBeaver Creek in thecombined.
Jansrud achieved four wins during the2016 season. Thefollowing 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 theWorld Championships in thesuper-G.
He took the silver medal in thedownhill at the Winter Olympics in2018 inKorea, 0.12 seconds behind teammate and training partnerAksel Lund Svindal, after leading most of the run. He won bronze in thesuper-G, for his fifth Olympic medal: a gold, two silver, and two bronze.
At the World Championships in2019 inSweden, Jansrud won gold in thedownhill by two-hundredths of a second, edging out Svindal in his finalinternational 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.
4 titles: (1Downhill, 3Super-G)
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Downhill |
| Super-G | |
| 2017 | Super-G |
| 2018 | Super-G |
| 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 |
| 2017 | 31 | 2 | — | 24 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4 | 43 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 2019 | 33 | 13 | — | 35 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| 2020 | 34 | 8 | — | — | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| 2021 | 35 | 31 | — | — | 7 | 20 | — |
| 2022 | 36 | 110 | — | — | 40 | 47 | — |
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 March 2012 | Super-G | |
| 2014 | 28 February 2014 | Downhill | |
| 2 March 2014 | Super-G | ||
| 2015 | 29 November 2014 | Downhill | |
| 30 November 2014 | Super-G | ||
| 5 December 2014 | Downhill | ||
| 20 December 2014 | Super-G | ||
| 24 January 2015 | Downhill | ||
| 8 March 2015 | Super-G | ||
| 18 March 2015 | Downhill | ||
| 2016 | 21 December 2015 | Parallel-G | |
| 15 January 2016 | | Combined | |
| 6 February 2016 | Downhill | ||
| 13 March 2016 | Super-G | ||
| 2017 | 2 December 2016 | Super-G | |
| 3 December 2016 | Downhill | ||
| 16 December 2016 | Super-G | ||
| 27 December 2016 | Super-G | ||
| 25 February 2017 | Downhill | ||
| 2018 | 26 November 2017 | Super-G | |
| 11 March 2018 | Super-G | ||
| 2019 | 25 November 2018 | Super-G | |
| 2020 | 24 January 2020 | Super-G |
| 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 |
| 2017 | 31 | — | — | 2 | 4 | DNS2 |
| 2019 | 33 | — | — | 22 | 1 | — |
| 2021 | 35 | — | — | 12 | 8 | DNS2 |
| 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 |
| 2018 | 32 | — | DNF1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 36 | — | — | 23 | DNS | — |