Wenche Jacobsen

Jacobsen competed at the 1976 World Orienteering Championships in Aviemore, where she placed sixth in the individual course. She was also part of the Norwegian relay team, which placed fourth.^[1] She won a bronze medal in the individual event at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg, behind Anne Berit Eid and Liisa Veijalainen.^[2] She was also part of the relay team at the 1978 championships, which placed fourth, two seconds behind the Swiss bronze medalists.^[2]

Jacobsen became Norwegian champion in orienteering in 1977, in the individual event (classical distance),^[3] and was awarded the King's Cup. In 1978 she was Norwegian orienteering champion in the ultra long distance.^[3]

Jacobsen lived together with cross-country skier Ivar Formo for fifteen years.^[4]