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{{Short description|Danish swimmer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox swimmer
|name = Mette Jacobsen
|image =
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|nationality = Danish
|strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]], [[backstroke]]
|club = [[Nakskov SK]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Nakskov]], [[Denmark]]
|death_date = 
|death_place =
|height = 1.70 m (5 ft, 7 in)<ref name=fina>{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/bios/swimming/DEN_mJacobsen.php |title=Mette Jacobsen's biography on the official FINA website |access-date=20 September 2007}}{{dead link |date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
|weight = 62&nbsp;kg (137 lbs)<ref name=fina/>
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]]|200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]]|{{nowrap|4×200 m freestyle}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 FINA Short Course World Championships|{{nowrap|1995 Rio de Janeiro}}]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 FINA Short Course World Championships|1999 Hong Kong]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]]|200 m butterfly}} 
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 FINA Short Course World Championships|1995 Rio de Janeiro]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 FINA Short Course World Championships|1995 Rio de Janeiro]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 European Aquatics Championships|1991 Athens]]|200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 European Aquatics Championships|1991 Athens]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 European Aquatics Championships|1991 Athens]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 European Aquatics Championships|1995 Vienna]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 European Aquatics Championships|1995 Vienna]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[1997 European Aquatics Championships|1997 Seville]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 European Aquatics Championships|1999 Istanbul]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 European Aquatics Championships|1995 Vienna]]|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 European Aquatics Championships|1995 Vienna]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 European Aquatics Championships|2000 Helsinki]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1989 European Aquatics Championships|1989 Bonn]]|200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1989 European Aquatics Championships|1989 Bonn]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1991 European Aquatics Championships|1991 Athens]]|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 European Aquatics Championships|1995 Vienna]]|200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1997 European Aquatics Championships|1997 Seville]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1997 European Aquatics Championships|1997 Seville]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2000 European Aquatics Championships|2000 Helsinki]]|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 European Aquatics Championships|2004 Madrid]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 1999|1999 Lisbon]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998|1998 Sheffield]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 1999|1999 Lisbon]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2000|2000 Valencia]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001|2001 Antwerp]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005|2005 Trieste]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2000|2000 Valencia]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]]|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003|2003 Dublin]]|200 m butterfly}}
}}

'''Mette Jacobsen''' (born 24 March 1973 in [[Nakskov]]) is a former [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] and [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Denmark]] who competed in five consecutive [[Summer Olympics]] for her native country, beginning in [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]. She won a total of 32 individual medals in international championships in a period from 1989 to 2005.

==Doping allegation and suspension==
Prior to the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Jacobsen was accused by [[FINA]] of using [[Salbutamol]] as a doping substance.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bt.dk/sport/mette-jacobsen-frikendt-for-dopinganklage |title=Mette Jacobsen frikendt for dopinganklage |trans-title=Mette Jacobsen acquitted of doping charges |work=[[BT (tabloid)|BT]] |date=10 May 2006 |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> In a 2006 interview with [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] she told ''[[Jyllands-Posten]]'' that it had been legal for her to use this substance since 1993, because of her [[asthma]]. The substance itself produced [[prednisone]], which according to FINA then increased her swimming capacity. She was suspended for half a year as a warning,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/3076 |title=FINA Doping Panel Decision on Swimmer Mette Jacobsen |date=23 July 2004 |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> which was issued by [[LEN]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/anden_sport/article3081680.ece |title=Grådkvalt Jacobsen får dopingadvarsel |trans-title=Crying Jacobsen gets a warning |work=[[Ekstra Bladet]] |date=23 July 2006 |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> but never resumed swimming, because she could not compete without it.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/svoemning/mette-jacobsen-i-ny-sag-om-doping |title=Mette Jacobsen i ny sag om doping |trans-title=Mette Jacobsen in a new case on doping |author=Anders Laursen |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |date=7 January 2006 |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fina.org/bios/swimming/DEN_mJacobsen.php Profile on FINA-website]{{Dead link|date=January 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

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[[Category:People from Nakskov]]
[[Category:Danish female swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Denmark]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Danish female butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Danish female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century Danish sportswomen]]
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