Jens Christian Lurås Oftebro (born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, he won gold medals in all three Nordic combined events, becoming the second athlete after Samppa Lajunen in 2002 to achieve this.
Career At the 2017 Junior World Championships, Oftebro competed in three events, recording an individual 17th place and a team competition 6th place. At the 2018 Junior World Championships he took a 10th place in the 5 kilometres event and won a bronze medal in the relay.
Oftebro made his Continental Cup debut in January 2017 in Høydalsmo and recorded his first podium in January 2018 in Rena. He made his World Cup debut in March 2018 in Holmenkollen, at the same time finishing among the top 30 for the first time with a 27th place. On 29 November 2019 he reached his first World Cup podium, finishing third in Ruka. Exactly one year later, also in Ruka, he won his first World Cup race.
Oftebro represents the sports club IL Jardar. He is a younger brother of Einar Lurås Oftebro.
Nordic combined results All results are sourced from FIS.
Olympic Games 5 medals – (4 gold, 1 silver)
Year Individual NH Individual LH Team LH 202210 Silver Gold2026GoldGoldGold
World Championships 8 medals – (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
Year Individual NH Individual LH Team NH/LH Team Sprint LH Mixed Team NH 2021Bronze7thGold—202316SilverGoldGold2025Silver4BronzeGold
World Cup
Season titles 3 titles – (3 BST)
SeasonDiscipline2023 Best Skier Trophy2025 Best Skier Trophy2026 Best Skier Trophy
Season standings SeasonAgeOverall Best JumperTrophyBest SkierTrophyCompactTrophyMass StartTrophy 2018 17 63 57 64 2019 18 40 31 59 2020 19 4 22 2021 20 8 13 8 2022 21 6 13 8 2023 22 6 2024 23 6 18 5 2025 24 6 16 6 5 2026 25 15 5
Individual podiums 11 wins 41 podiums
No. Season Date Location Discipline Place1 2019–2029 November 2019 Ruka HS142/5 km 3rd (1)2 30 November 2019 HS142/10 km 3rd (2)3 1 December 2019 HS142/10 km 3rd (3)4 26 January 2020 Oberstdorf HS137/10 km 2nd (1)5 23 February 2020 Trondheim HS138/10 km 2nd (2)6 2020–2127 November 2020 Ruka HS142/5 km 3rd (4)7 29 November 2020 HS142/10 km 1st (1)8 2021–2226 November 2021 Ruka HS142/5 km 3rd (5)9 28 November 2021 HS142/10 km 3rd (6)10 5 March 2022 Oslo HS134/10 km 3rd (7)11 6 March 2022 HS134/10 km 3rd (8)12 2022–2325 November 2022 Ruka HS142/5 km 3rd (9)13 26 November 2022 HS142/10 km 3rd (10)14 3 December 2022 Lillehammer HS100/10 km1st (2)15 4 December 2022 HS140/10 km 2nd (3)16 16 December 2022 Ramsau HS98/10 km 2nd (4)17 27 January 2023 Seefeld HS109/7.5 km 1st (3)18 29 January 2023 HS109/12.5 km 3rd (11)19 4 February 2023 Oberstdorf HS137/10 km 2nd (5)20 5 February 2023 HS137/10 km 2nd (6)21 11 February 2023 Schonach HS100/10 km 1st (4)22 12 February 2023 HS100/10 km 2nd (7)23 25 March 2023 Lahti HS130/10 km 3rd (12)24 26 March 2023 HS130/10 km 2nd (8)25 2023–2424 November 2023 Ruka COM HS142/7.5 km 1st (5)26 2 December 2023 Lillehammer HS98/10 km 2nd (9)27 3 February 2024 Seefeld HS109/10 km 3rd (13)28 2024–2520 December 2024 Ramsau 10 km/HS98 2nd (10)29 18 January 2025 Schonach HS100/10 km 1st (6)30 31 January 2025 Seefeld 10 km/HS109 3rd (14)31 1 February 2025 COM HS109/7.5 km 1st (7)32 2 February 2025 HS109/12.5 km 3rd (15)33 8 February 2025 Otepää HS97/10 km 3rd (16)34 2025–2619 December 2025 Ramsau 10 km/HS98 2nd (11)35 20 December 2025 HS98/10 km 2nd (12)36 17 January 2026 Oberhof COM HS100/7.5 km 1st (8) 37 18 January 2026 HS100/10 km1st (9)38 31 January 2026 Seefeld COM HS109/7.5 km 3rd (17)39 1 February 2026 HS109/12.5 km1st (10)40 6 March 2026 Lahti HS130/10 km 1st (11)41 15 March 2026 Oslo HS134/10 km 2nd (13)
References
External links
Jens Luraas Oftebro at Milano Cortina 2026