Wenche Jacobsen (born 28 July 1954) is a Norwegian

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

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 wom ...

Aviemore Aviemore (; ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and ...

, 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 wome ...

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud 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 and fo ...

, behind

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and

Liisa Veijalainen Liisa Kaarina Peltola (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen; born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,

. 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 for fifteen years.

References

1954 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub