Jacob Gudim Karlsen (born 24 July 2001,

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) is a Norwegian

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. In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the

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event at the

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sports career

2017 Karlsen got bronze in

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and

pommel horse The pommel horse, also known as vaulting horse, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal bo ...

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

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. 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

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, 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

, 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsen, Jacob Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) Norwegian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen