Birger Ruud
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1932 Lake Placid | Individual large hill | |
| Gold | 1936 Garmisch | Individual large hill | |
| Silver | 1948 St. Moritz | Individual large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1931 Oberhof | Individual large hill | |
| Gold | 1935 Vysoké Tatry | Individual large hill | |
| Gold | 1937 Chamonix | Individual large hill | |
| Silver | 1939 Zakopane | Individual large hill | |
| Men's alpine skiing | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1935 Mürren | Alpine combined | |
Birger Ruud (August 23, 1911 – June 13, 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper.
Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936. He also was an accomplished alpine skiier, winning a bronze medal in the combined at the 1935 world championships. Ruud won the Holmenkollen ski jumping competition in 1934 and shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1937 with Olaf Hoffsbakken and Martin P. Vangsli.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Norway, Ruud was committed to Grini prison camp for expressing his anti-Nazi sentiments. Impressively, he competed also in the 1948 Olympics, at age 36, winning the silver medal in ski jumping. This accomplishment he personally held in the highest regard. Twice he set ski jumping world records: 76.5 m (250.98 ft) in Odnesbakken in 1931, and 92 m (301.84 ft) in Planica in 1934.
Later in life, Birger Ruud, with his friend Petter Hugsted, participated in the creation of the Kongsberg Skiing Museum.
In 1987, a bronze sculpture of Birger Ruud, by the Norwegian sculptor Per Ung, was set up in Ruud’s native town of Kongsberg, and in 1991 he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for his achievements in ski jumping and alpine skiing. Ruud was supposed to light the Olympic Flame at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, but had to forfeit due to heart complications immediately before the event.
[edit] External links
- IOC Profile
- Sculpture
- FIS Ski Jumping Profile
- FIS Alpine Skiing Profile
- Holmenkollen Medalists
- Holmenkollen Winners since 1892
- Birger Ruud's Memorial Fund
| Olympic champions in ski jumping individual large hill |
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| 1924: Jacob Tullin Thams | 1928: Alf Andersen | 1932: Birger Ruud | 1936: Birger Ruud | 1948: Petter Hugsted | 1952: Arnfinn Bergmann | 1956: Antti Hyvärinen | 1960: Helmut Recknagel | 1964: Toralf Engan | 1968: Vladimir Belussov | 1972: Wojciech Fortuna | 1976: Karl Schnabl | 1980: Jouko Törmänen | 1984: Matti Nykänen | 1988: Matti Nykänen | 1992: Toni Nieminen | 1994: Jens Weissflog | 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki | 2002: Simon Ammann | 2006: Thomas Morgenstern |
| World champions in ski jumping individual large hill |
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| 1925: Willen Dick | 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams | 1927: Tore Edman | 1929: Sigmund Ruud | 1930: Gunnar Andersen | 1931: Birger Ruud | 1933: Marcel Reymond | 1934: Kristian Johansson | 1935: Birger Ruud | 1937: Birger Ruud | 1938: Asbjørn Ruud | 1939: Josef Bradl | 1950: Hans Bjørnstad | 1954: Matti Pietikäinen | 1958: Juhani Kärkinen | 1962: Helmut Recknagel | 1966: Bjørn Wirkola | 1970: Gariy Napalkov | 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 1978: Tapio Räisänen | 1982 Matti Nykänen | 1985 Per Bergerud | 1987: Andreas Felder | 1989: Jari Puikkonen | 1991: Franci Petek | 1993: Espen Bredesen | 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen | 1997: Masahiko Harada | 1999: Martin Schmitt | 2001: Martin Schmitt | 2003: Adam Małysz | 2005: Janne Ahonen |
| Preceded by: Arne Rustadstuen |
Holmenkollen medal with Olaf Hoffsbakken & Martin P. Vangsli 1937 |
Succeeded by: Reidar Andersen & Johan R. Henriksen |
