Jens Arne Svartedal

Jens Arne Svartedal
Jens Arne Svartedal
	Svartedal in 2007
Country	Norway
Born	February 14, 1976 (age 48); Sarpsborg, Norway
Ski club	Trøsken IL
World Cup career
Seasons	12 – (1998, 2000–2010)
Indiv. starts	132
Indiv. podiums	24
Indiv. wins	12
Team starts	26
Team podiums	12
Team wins	4
Overall titles	0 – (2nd in 2006)
Discipline titles	1 – (1 SP)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
World Championships

Jens Arne Svartedal (born February 14, 1976) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed in the World Cup between 1999 and 2010.^[1] He represented Trøsken IL from Sarpsborg in Norway. His greatest achievement is winning the individual sprint gold medal at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. He also has a silver medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Svartedal has seventeen cross-country victories since 2001, mostly in the sprint races. Two of those wins were in the sprint events at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival (2002, 2003).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

Olympic Games

1 medal – (1 silver)

Year	Age	15 km	Pursuit	50 km	Sprint	4 × 10 km relay	Team sprint
2006	30	44	—	—	—	5	Silver
2010	34	—	—	23	—	—	—

World Championships

1 medal – (1 gold)

Year	Age	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	Sprint	4 × 10 km relay	Team sprint
2003	27	19	—	—	—	11	—	—
2007	31	—	—	—	19	Gold	—	—
2009	33	—	—	—	—	20	—	—

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings					Ski Tour standings
Season	Age	Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final
1998	22	NC	—	NC	—	—	—	—
2000	24	52	—	NC	—	16	—	—
2001	25	35	—	—	—	15	—	—
2002	26	9	—	—	—		—	—
2003	27	15	—	—	—	8	—	—
2004	28		20	—	—		—	—
2005	29	7	21	—	—	8	—	—
2006	30		5	—	—	9	—	—
2007	31	8	55	—	—		21	—
2008	32	9	15	—	—	11	10	41
2009	33	52	37	—	—	75	—	—
2010	34	73	45	—	—	87	—	—

Individual podiums

12 victories (12 WC)
24 podiums (22 WC, 2 SWC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1999–00	8 March 2000	Oslo, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
2	2000–01	1 February 2001	Asiago, Italy	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
3	2001–02	19 December 2001	Asiago, Italy	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
4		15 March 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
5		13 March 2002	Oslo, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
6	2002–03	15 December 2002	Cogne, Italy	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
7	2002–03	11 March 2003	Drammen, Norway	1.5 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
8	2003–04	28 November 2003	Rukatunturi, Finland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
9		16 December 2003	Val di Fiemme, Italy	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
10		18 February 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	1.1 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
11		12 March 2004	Pragelato, Italy	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
12	2004–05	14 December 2004	Asiago, Italy	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
13	2005–06	19 November 2005	Beitostølen, Norway	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
14		26 November 2005	Rukatunturi, Finland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
15		5 February 2006	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
16		9 March 2006	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
17	2006–07	25 November 2006	Rukatunturi, Finland	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
18		28 January 2007	Otepää, Estonia	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
19		10 March 2007	Lahti, Finland	1.4 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
20	2007–08	2 January 2008	Nové Město, Czech Republic	15 km Individual C	Stage World Cup	2nd
21		5 January 2008	Val di Fiemme, Italy	20 km Mass Start C	Stage World Cup	2nd
22		27 February 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
23		5 March 2008	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
24	2008–09	14 February 2009	Valdidentro, Italy	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

4 victories (3 RL, 1 TS)
12 podiums (8 RL, 4 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	2001–02	10 March 2002	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Jevne / Hofstad / Bjonviken
2	2002–03	26 January 2003	Oberhof, Germany	10 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Alsgaard
3	2003–04	23 November 2003	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Hjelmeset / Berger / Hofstad
4	2003–04	6 March 2004	Lahti, Finland	6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	3rd	Hjelmeset
5	2004–05	5 December 2004	Bern, Switzerland	6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Hetland
6		12 December 2004	Lago di Tesero, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Hjelmeset / Estil / Hofstad
7		20 March 2005	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Hjelmeset / Skjeldal / Hofstad
8	2005–06	20 November 2005	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Rønning / Hetland / Hofstad
9		18 December 2005	Canmore, Canada	6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	1st	Rønning
10		15 January 2006	Lago di Tesero, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Hjelmeset / Gjerdalen / Hofstad
11	2007–08	25 November 2007	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Sundby / Hofstad / Hetland
12	2007–08	24 February 2008	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Hjelmeset / Østensen / Gjerdalen

References

^ ^a ^b "SVARTEDAL Jens Arne". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

Jens Arne Svartedal at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-24) (in Norwegian)
Jens Arne Svartedal at Olympics.com
Jens Arne Svartedal at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[FISprofile-1] "SVARTEDAL Jens Arne". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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