Tommy Jakobsen (born 10 December 1970) is a
Norwegian former professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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.
He is the most experienced player on the
Norwegian national team going into the
2009 IIHF World Championship with 125 official matches.
Jakobsen participated in the
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...
in
Albertville, and the
games at Lillehammer two years later.
He was his country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the
2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. He also wore the captaincy for the hockey team.
Jakobsen was expelled from the
2010 World Championship tournament for intentional physical contact with an on-ice official during a 12-1 loss to Canada.
Norwegian captain booted from worlds
Canadian Press.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Augsburger Panther players
Düsseldorfer EG players
Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players
Furuset Ishockey players
Graz 99ers players
Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Lillehammer IK players
Lørenskog IK players
Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people
Norwegian ice hockey defencemen
Olympic ice hockey players for Norway
Ice hockey people from Oslo
SC Bern players
Spektrum Flyers players
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