Jens Arne Svartedal
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.JPG) Svartedal in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 14, 1976 Sarpsborg, Norway |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Norway |
| Sport | Skiing |
| 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 | |
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).
