Jens Luraas OFTEBRO

Norway

Nordic Combined

Date of Birth: 21 Jul 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OSLO

Birth Country:

Norway

Residence: HOVIK

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Nordic Combined	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km	10
	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km	2
	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km NOR Norway	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Cross-Country	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Cross-Country	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Team HS106/4x5 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	43:57.7
2	Team Sprint HS137/2x7.5 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	30:09.3
3	Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	23:02.1
7	Gundersen Large Hill HS137/10,0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	25:15.4

World Cup Rankings
Season	Overall
2021/2022	9
2020/2021	8
2019/2020	4
2018/2019	40

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	NH/15.0km	NH/10.0km	NH/5.0km	LH/10.0km	Team NH/4x5km	Team LH/4x5km	TSP NH/2x7.5km	TSP LH/2x7.5km
2021/2022		1 x 7th		1 x 3rd	2 x 1st
2020/2021	1 x 15th	1 x 9th	1 x 21st	1 x 1st				1 x 5th
2019/2020	1 x 4th	2 x 6th	1 x 5th	2 x 2nd		1 x 1st	1 x 5th
2018/2019			1 x 40th	1 x 6th
2017/2018				1 x 27th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
1	Team NH/4x5km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	40:55.5
1	Team NH/4x5km	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR	52:35.1
3	LH/5.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	12:38.3
3	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	25:41.3
4	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR	26:31.0
5	NH/12.5km	2021/2022	Seefeld, AUT	30:56.9
7	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ramsau, AUT	24:53.3
8	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	26:32.3
9	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	26:28.0
11	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ramsau, AUT	24:56.0

Previous names:

Luraas

Hobbies:

Randoneeing (also known as alpine touring), trips in the mountains. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Studies Energy & Environmental Engineering. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Family:

Father, Kari Luraas. Mother, Inge Oftebro. Brother, Einar. Sister, Thea.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Club name:

IL Jardar

Coach:

Team: Jan Schmid (SUI/NOR)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Einar Oftebro (Nordic combined): Two-time Junior World Championships medallist in 2018 (normal hill/10km silver, team bronze), competed at 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, has been on World Cup circuit since 2018 with two top-10 individual finishes.

Debut:

2017 Continental Cup in Hoeydalsmo (Normal hill/10km - 25th)
2018 World Cup in Oslo (Large hill/10km - 27th)

National team:

2016

Ambition:

Goal for season 2021/22: Olympic medal.
Career goal: Individual gold medal in Olympic Winter Games or World Championships. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Memorable:

World Championships 2021 in Oberstdorf, winning the team gold and individual bronze (normal hill/10km) medal. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Hero:

"Petter Northug while he was still active."
Cross-country skier Petter Northug (NOR), two-time Olympic and 13-time World champion. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Influence:

Football player Cristiano Ronaldo (POR). Won five Ballon d'Or awards, currently playing for Manchester United.

Ritual:

Nothing special. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Philosophy:

Continuity in training. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Award:

Together with his brother Einar they were awarded a talent scholarship in 2019. (fis-ski.com)

General Interest

COACH
Norwegian team coach Jan Schmid (NOR) is a four-time Olympian (2002, 2006, 2010, 2018) winning team silver at PyeongChang 2018, and seven-time World Championship medallist, including team gold in 2019.

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Gold medallist in the team event (large hill/4x5km) in Beijing 2022, together with Espen Bjoernstad, Espen Andersen, and Joergen Graabak.
Silver medallist in the large hill/10km event at Beijing 2022, finished 10th in the normal hill/10km event.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Won two medals in his World Championships debut, team gold, and individual bronze (normal hill/10km) finishing 0.9 seconds behind World champion, his countryman Jarl Magnus Riiber, and 0.5 seconds behind silver medallist Ilkka Herola of Finland.

In four Junior World Championship appearances (2017-20), he captured four medals, one gold (2020 team), one silver (2019 team), and two bronzes (2019 normal hill/10km, 2018 team).

WORLD CUP
First and only individual World Cup win in 2020 was in Ruka (large hill/10km), with one team World Cup win in Oberstdorf 2020. Nine individual podium finishes so far, two of them in season 2021/22. In addition to this pair of third places, he has one fourth place and one fifth place and is currently ranked overall ninth.

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Legend

:: Gold
:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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