Julia Jakob

{{short description|Swiss orienteering competitor}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|4|15|df=y}}

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| sport = Orienteering

| club = {{unbulleted list|OL Zimmerberg |Stora Tuna OK}}

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{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}

{{MedalSport | Women's orienteering }}

{{MedalCompetition| World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2018 Latvia | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver| 2019 Østfold | Relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold| 2014 Palmela | Relay}}

{{MedalGold| 2018 Tessin | Relay}}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Palmela | Sprint }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Ticino | Long }}

{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Primiero | Relay }}

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Julia Jakob, formerly Julia Gross {{cite web |url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/urheilu/stora-tuna-okn-myrskyvaroitus-oli-enne-tulevasta-venlojen-kolmas-sija-enossa-loi-jo-pohjan-taman-vuoden-voitolle-201019259 |title =Stora Tuna OK:n myrskyvaroitus oli enne tulevasta: Venlojen kolmas sija Enossa loi jo pohjan tämän vuoden voitolle|author=Yrjö Kares |date=16 June 2018|website =Aamulehti|accessdate=25 November 2018}} (born 15 April 1991) is a Swiss orienteer.{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/1867 |title =Julia Gross |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=11 September 2017}} She was born in Richterswil and resides in Zürich.{{cite web|title=Athlete profile: Julia Jakob |url=http://runners.worldofo.com/juliajakob.html |publisher=world-of-o|accessdate=9 August 2018}}{{cite web|title=Athlete profile: Julia Gross |url=http://runners.worldofo.com/juliagross.html |publisher=world-of-o|accessdate=9 August 2018}}

She won a bronze medal in the sprint at the 2014 European Orienteering Championships in Palmela.{{cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=4600&groupBy=EventClass |title = Official results for European Orienteering Championships Sprint A Final |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=11 September 2017}} At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, she placed 15th in the long distance,{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5740&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Long |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=11 September 2017}} 15th in the sprint final,{{cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5738&groupBy=EventClass |title =Official results for Sprint Final |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=11 September 2017}} and fourth in the relay with the Swiss team.{{cite web

|title =Official results for Relay

|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5742&groupBy=EventClass

|date =7 July 2017 |website =IOF Eventor|accessdate=11 September 2017}}

She won a gold medal in the relay at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, together with Elena Roos and Judith Wyder.{{cite web |title=World Orienteering Championships 2018 Relay |url=https://woc2018.lv/resultsWOC/9.08/results/Results%20-%20Women.pdf |website=woc2018.lv |accessdate=9 August 2018}} She also won the Venla Relay in 2018 together with Tove Alexandersson, Anna Mårsell and Magdalena Olsson.{{cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2018/06/16/finlandska-segertorkan-fortsatter-alexandersson-forde-stora-tuna-till-forsta|title =Finländska segertorkan fortsätter – Alexandersson förde Stora Tuna till första Venlasegern på över 30 år|website = YLE|accessdate=25 November 2018|date =18 June 2018|author=Carl-Magnus Långkvist }}