Jacob Karlsen
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Jacob Gudim Karlsen (born 24 July 2001, Lørenskog, Norway[1]) is a Norwegian artistic gymnast. In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the vault event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2][3]
Sports career
2017
Karlsen got bronze in floor and pommel horse during the Junior National Championships in gymnastics in 2017, and he came fourth in pommel horse and fifth in rings. Overall, he came fourth.
He participated in the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. In the all-around he came in 41st place in the qualification with 72.650 points, and did not reach the final. He came in 31st place in free standing, 39th place in pommel horse, 10th place in rings, 47th place in bars and 51st place in pommel horse.His total score was a new personal best.
2018
In the 2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he came in 28th place in the all-around in the junior class, with 74.531 points. His best individual placing was rings, where he came 21st.He participated in the 2018 Nordic Gymnastics Championships , and came fourth overall in the junior class, with 74.032 points. Individually he won rings and bar, and Norway got silver in the team competition, where Karlsen participated together with Fredrik Bjørnevik Aas, Thodor Gadderud , Didrik Gundersen and Magnus Nygaard-Damm.
In the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, he won bronze in vault, where he scored 14.200 and 13.566 on his two vaults, which gave a total of 13.883. In the all-around he came in 18th place with 69.332 points.
References
- ^ "KARLSEN Jacob - FIG Athlete Profile".
- ^ Penny, Brandon (14 October 2018). "After Just Missing Youth Olympic Podium 4 Times, Gymnast Brandon Briones Scores Vault Gold Medal". Team USA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (14 October 2018). "Argentina and Malaysia secure hockey5s titles at Buenos Aires 2018". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
External links
Media related to Jacob Karlsen at Wikimedia Commons- Jacob Gudim Karlsen at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Jacob Gudim Karlsen at Olympedia
