Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (born January 22, 1987 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. She skis with the IL Heming club in Oslo, near Holmenkollen ^[1]. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... County Sør-Trøndelag District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Holmenkollen ski jump. ...

Before 2006/07 season

Prior to the 2006/07 season Jacobsen had competed in five World Cup events, three sprint races and two pursuits. One sprint in Drammen in the 2004/05 season and the rest at the end of the 2005/06 season. Her best result in those races was a 10th place in the freestyle sprint in Chanchun, China where she lost in the semi final, having had the third best qualifying time. She also achieved another top twenty finish by finishing 17th in the classic sprint in Drammen (2005/06), after qualifying in 15th position. ^[2] Jacobsen finished the 2005/06 season in 64th place overall and 35th in the sprint, gaining 40 points. ^[3] County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0602 Administrative centre Drammen Mayor (2003) Tore Opdal Hansen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 366 137 km² 135 km² 0. ...

She also competed in two Scandinavian Cup races (2005/06), a pursuit and a sprint, and became fifth and eighth respectively ^[4]. Jacobsen has one National Championship medal, a silver, which she won in January 2005. She became third in the qualifying, and lost to Marit Bjørgen, and ahead of Ella Gjømle, who was third. ^[5] Marit Bjørgen (born March 21, 1980 in Trondheim) is a cross country skier from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. ...

2006/07

Jacobsen has competed in three of the four opening races of the 2006/07 season. In the sprint in Düsseldorf she finished in 25th position.^[6]. A month later she achieved her highest ever World Cup finish, becoming fourth in the classic sprint, losing to Petra Majdic, Virpi Kuitunen, and Marit Bjørgen in the final. The day after she became 35th in the classic 10km race, in a time of 30:29.5, 2:28.3 behind winner Kuitunen.^[7] Jacobsen currently is in 18th position in the World Cup standings, and 9th in the sprint standings.^[8] The 2006-2007 Cross Country Skiing World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Virpi Kuitunen (born May 20, 1976) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1995. ... Marit Bjørgen (born March 21, 1980 in Trondheim) is a cross country skier from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. ...

Junior World Championships

Astrid Jacobsen has competed in two Junior World Championships, in the 2004/2005 Championships held in Rovaniemi, Finland she won a silver in the sprint, behind fellow countrywoman Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes, and ahead of Swedish Ida Ingemarsdotter. ^[9]. Then in the 2005/06 Championships in Kranj, Slovakia Jacobsen won two gold medals. The first in the sprint, ahead of Russian Natalia Matveeva, and Norwegian Celine Brun-Lie. ^[10], after qualifying in first place^[11]. The second gold was in a 5km classical style race, winning in a time of 13:57.9, 18.4 seconds ahead of Eva Nyvltova, and 32.7 seconds ahead of Chalotte Kalla. ^[12]. She also competed in the pursuit two days later, but finished in 35th place, in a time of 31:26.7, 2:14.5 behind winner Kalla ^[13]. City Rovaniemi (1960) Administrative Province Province of Lapland Historical Province Laponia Area  - Total  - Land  - Water Ranked 5th (municipalities), and 1st (cities) 8,016 km² 7,601 km² 415 km² Population  - Total (01/2006)  - Density Ranked 13th 58,500 7. ... Kranj (German: Krainburg) is the fourth largest city of Slovenia, approximately 20 km north west from Ljubljana with a population of 51,225 (2002). ...

Trivia

• She speaks Norwegian and English.^[1]
• She is a student. ^[1]

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