Kjetil Jansrud (born 28 August 1985) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. He 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. Since 2012, he had concentrated on the speed events, where all but two of his World Cup victories had come. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won the super-G and placed third in the downhill. At the World Championships in 2019 at Åre, Jansrud won gold in the downhill. Kjetil is the current host of popular tv reality show Alt for Norge.
Born in Stavanger, Jansrud hails from Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen, about
Career At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Jansrud finished tenth in the combined. He broke his thumb in the Olympic giant slalom which ended his 2006 season. A bulging disc discovered that September kept him out of the entire 2007 season. 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.
He won the silver medal in giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler.
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.
At the first men's race of the World Championships in 2013 at Schladming, Jansrud crashed in the super-G, but got up and skied down to the finish. It was later revealed that he tore a ligament in his left knee, ending his 2013 season.
At the Winter Olympics in 2014 at Sochi, Jansrud won gold in the super-G and bronze in the downhill at Rosa Khutor. At the first World Cup races following the games, he won two speed events at Kvitfjell.
In the 2015 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 the World Championships at Beaver Creek in the combined.
Jansrud achieved four wins during the 2016 season. The following 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 the World Championships in the super-G.
He 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. He won bronze in the super-G, for his fifth Olympic medal: a gold, two silver, and two bronze.
At the World Championships in 2019 in Sweden, Jansrud won gold in the downhill by two-hundredths of a second, edging out Svindal in his final
In an interview in November 2021, Jansrud expressed that the coming season probably would be his last season at top level. Jansrud confirmed in February 2022 that the Kvitfjell race on 4 March 2022 will be his last race. He is retiring at the same course on which he won his first race in 2012.
World Cup results Season titles 4 titles: (1 Downhill, 3 Super-G) Season Discipline2015 Downhill Super-G 2017 Super-G 2018 Super-G
Season standings 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 21injured, 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 —
Race victories 23 wins – (8 DH, 13 SG, 1 PGS, 1 SC) 55 podiums – (19 DH, 26 SG, 6 GS, 2 PGS, 2 SC); 137 top tens SeasonDateLocationDiscipline2012 4 March 2012 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G2014 28 February 2014 Downhill2 March 2014 Super-G2015 29 November 2014 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill30 November 2014 Super-G5 December 2014 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill20 December 2014 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G24 January 2015 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill8 March 2015 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G18 March 2015 Méribel, France Downhill2016 21 December 2015 Alta Badia, Italy Parallel-G15 January 2016 Wengen, Switzerland Combined6 February 2016 Jeongseon, South Korea Downhill13 March 2016 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G2017 2 December 2016 Val-d'Isère, France Super-G3 December 2016 Downhill16 December 2016 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G27 December 2016 Santa Caterina, Italy Super-G25 February 2017 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill2018 26 November 2017 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G11 March 2018 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G2019 25 November 2018 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G2020 24 January 2020 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2005 19 DNF1 — — — — 2007 21injured, 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
Olympic results 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 —
References
External links
Kjetil Jansrud at Head Skis Kjetil Jansrud at Norwegian Ski Team