Jan Thomas Jenssen

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Jan Thomas Jenssen Cross-country skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 1st April 1996 (age 24)
place of birth Trondheim , Norway
Career
society Hommelvik IL
status active
Medal table
U23 medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
JWM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Cross-country skiing U23 world championships
silver 2018 Goms Sprint freestyle
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
gold 2016 Râșnov Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup 3rd December 2017
 Overall World Cup 37th ( 2019/20 )
 Sprint World Cup 41st (2019/20)
 Distance World Cup 31. (2019/20)
 Tour de Ski 18th ( 2019/20 )
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 10, 2016
 Continental Cup victories 1 ( details )
 SCAN overall rating 9. ( 2017/18 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 SCAN individual race 1 2 2
last change: March 19, 2020

Jan Thomas Jenssen (born April 1, 1996 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Jenssen, who starts for the Hommelvik IL , competed in junior races until 2016. At the Junior World Championships in 2016 in Râşnov , he won the gold medal with the relay. In addition, he won there 13th place over 15 km freestyle. In December 2016 he completed his first races in the Scandinavian Cup in Lillehammer , finishing 58th in the 10 km freestyle and 21st in the 30 km mass start race. There he started in the World Cup for the first time at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, finishing in 52nd place in the skiathlon . In the further course of the season he came in the Scandinavian Cup twice in third and once in second place and thus reached ninth place in the overall ranking of the Scandinavian Cup. At the U23 World Championships in Goms in 2018 , he won the silver medal in the sprint. He also achieved 29th place in the skiathlon there. In January 2019 he finished second in the 30 km mass start race at the Scandinavian Cup in Vuokatti and eighth over 15 km freestyle at the U23 World Championships in Lahti . After first place over 15 km freestyle at the FIS race in Gålå at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, he won his first Scandinavian Cup victory in Vuokatti over 15 km freestyle. He then took part in the Tour de Ski 2019/20 , which he finished in 18th place. He scored his first World Cup points in Lenzerheide with eighth place in the 15 km mass start race.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. 15th December 2019 FinlandFinland Vuokatti 15 km freestyle individual start Scandinavian Cup

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