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Birger Ruud

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Norwegian ski jumper (1911–1998)

Birger Ruud
Ruud in 1936
Full nameBirger Johannes Ruud
Born23 August 1911 (1911-08-23)
Kongsberg, Norway
Died13 June 1998 (1998-06-14) (aged 86)
Kongsberg, Norway
Personal best92 m (302 ft)
Planica,Yugoslavia
(25 March 1934)

Birger Johannes Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegianski jumper andalpine skier.[1]

Career

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Birger Ruud in 1949

Born inKongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothersSigmund andAsbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning threeworld championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937.

Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in1932 and1936, the first repeat winner of ski jumping gold.[2] He also was an accomplishedalpine skier, winning a bronze medal in thecombined at the 1935world championships. Ruud won theHolmenkollen ski jumping competition in 1934 and shared theHolmenkollen medal in 1937 withOlaf Hoffsbakken andMartin P. Vangsli.

In 1943, during theGerman occupation of Norway, Ruud was incarcerated atGrini concentration camp for expressing his anti-Nazi sentiments.[2] After his release in 1944, he joined theNorwegian resistance movement.[3] He also competed in the1948 Olympics, winning the ski jumping silver medal at age 36, though he was initially only at the Games as assistant coach of Norway’s ski jumping team.[2] This accomplishment he personally held in the highest regard; it made him the first ski jumper to medal in three different Olympics.[2] Ruud is also the only ski jumper to have won Olympic medals before and after the war and furthermore the one with the longest time period between winning medals at the Olympics (twelve years).

Twice he set ski jumping world records: 76.5 m (250.98 ft) inOdnesbakken in 1931, and 92 m (301.84 ft) inPlanica in 1934.[4][5]

Later in life, Birger Ruud, with his friendPetter Hugsted, the 1948 gold medalist, participated in the creation of theKongsberg Skiing Museum.

In 1987, a bronze sculpture of Birger Ruud, by the Norwegian sculptorPer Ung, was set up in Ruud’s native town of Kongsberg, and in 1991 he was awarded theEgebergs Ærespris for his achievements in ski jumping and alpine skiing. Ruud was selected tolight theOlympic Flame at the 1994Lillehammer Olympics in Norway, but had to withdraw due to heart complications immediately before the event. He died in 1998, aged 86.[2]

Ski jumping world records

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DateHillLocationMetresFeet
18 January 1931  OdnesbakkenOdnes,Norway76.5251
24 March 1934  Bloudkova velikanka K90Planica,Kingdom of Yugoslavia87285
25 March 1934  Bloudkova velikanka K90Planica,Kingdom of Yugoslavia92302

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.[6]

References

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  1. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Birger Ruud".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^abcdeLutz, Rachel (14 February 2018)."1948: Birger Ruud wins silver after surviving Nazi concentration camp". NBC Sports. Archived fromthe original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved14 February 2018.
  3. ^Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005).The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics,Toronto: Sport Classic Books.ISBN 1-894963-45-8
  4. ^"Kjempe-hopp i Flubergbakken (page 2)" (in Norwegian).Porsgrunns Dagblad. 19 January 1931.
  5. ^"Svetovni rekordi na naših tleh / Rekord za rekordom (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 26 March 1934.
  6. ^"Višek smučarske sezone, p.14" (in Slovenian). Slovenec. 25 March 1934.

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