1. Kjetil Jansrud was born on 28 August 1985 and is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion.
18 Facts About Kjetil Jansrud
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Kjetil Jansrud competed in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom, and his best event was the giant slalom where he has six World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal.
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At the World Championships in 2019 at Are, Jansrud won gold in the downhill.
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Kjetil Jansrud is the current host of popular tv reality show Alt for Norge.
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kjetil Jansrud finished tenth in the combined.
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Kjetil Jansrud broke his thumb in the Olympic giant slalom which ended his 2006 season.
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Kjetil Jansrud made his first World Cup podium in January 2009 at Adelboden and finished ninth in the super combined in February at the World Championships.
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Kjetil Jansrud won the silver medal in giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler.
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Kjetil 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.
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At the first men's race of the World Championships in 2013 at Schladming, Kjetil Jansrud crashed in the super-G, but got up and skied down to the finish.
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At the Winter Olympics in 2014 at Sochi, Kjetil Jansrud won gold in the super-G and bronze in the downhill at Rosa Khutor.
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Kjetil Jansrud won a silver medal at the World Championships at Beaver Creek in the combined.
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Kjetil Jansrud won a silver medal at the World Championships in the super-G.
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Kjetil Jansrud took the silver medal in the downhill at the Winter Olympics in 2018 in Korea, 0.12 seconds behind teammate and training partner Aksel Lund Svindal, after leading most of the run.
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Kjetil Jansrud won bronze in the super-G, for his fifth Olympic medal: a gold, two silver, and two bronze.
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At the World Championships in 2019 in Sweden, Kjetil Jansrud won gold in the downhill by two-hundredths of a second, edging out Svindal in his final.
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Kjetil Jansrud confirmed in February 2022 that the Kvitfjell race on 4 March 2022 will be his last race.
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Kjetil Jansrud is retiring at the same course on which he won his first race in 2012.