Wenche Jacobsen (born 28 July 1954) is a Norwegian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

competitor who competed internationally. Her achievements included winning a bronze medal at the world championships in 1978, and she was part of the Norwegian relay team at the world championships in 1976 and 1978, both times placing fourth.

Career

International

Jacobsen competed at the

1976 World Orienteering Championships The 1976 World Orienteering Championships, the 6th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aviemore, Scotland, 24–26 September 1976. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and wome ...

in Aviemore, where she placed sixth in the individual course. She was also part of the Norwegian relay team, which placed fourth. She won a bronze medal in the individual event at the

1978 World Orienteering Championships The 1978 World Orienteering Championships, the 7th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Kongsberg, Norway, 15–17 September 1978. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women ...

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

, behind

Anne Berit Eid Anne Berit Eid (born 13 June 1957) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include winning an individual world championship gold medal in 1978, and a silver medal in the relay in 1979. Biography Born on 13 June 1957, Eid repres ...

and Liisa Veijalainen. She was also part of the relay team at the 1978 championships, which placed fourth, two seconds behind the Swiss bronze medalists.

National championships

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

Personal life

Jacobsen lived together with cross-country skier

Ivar Formo Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer who competed during the 1970s. Career He won four medals at the Winter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Champi ...

for fifteen years.

References

1954 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub