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| Born | (1907-12-30)30 December 1907 Kongsberg, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 April 1994(1994-04-07) (aged 86) Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kongsberg IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbests | 86 m (282 ft) Villars,Switzerland (19 January 1933) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sigmund Ruud (30 December 1907 – 7 April 1994) was a Norwegianski jumper. Together with his brothersBirger andAsbjørn, he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s.
At the1928 Winter Olympics inSt. Moritz, Sigmund earned a silver medal.[1] At the1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the ski jumping competition while earning a bronze at the 1930 event. Sigmund also competed in the ski jumping competition at theHolmenkollen ski festival, which first began in 1933. He also competed at the1932 Winter Olympics in theski jumping event, but finished seventh due toappendicitis. Additionally, Sigmund wanted to compete in the firstalpine skiing events at the1936 Winter Olympics, though he did not start.[2]
For his contributions in ski jumping, Sigmund earned theHolmenkollen medal in 1949, the last of the three Ruud brothers to do so. Sigmund was the only one of the three not to win the Holmenkollen ski jumping competition. Sigmund Ruud and fellow Norwegian ski jumperJacob Tullin Thams are considered co-creators of theKongsberger technique afterWorld War I, a ski jumping technique that was the standard until it was superseded by theDaescher technique in the 1950s. Ruud also served as chairman of the FIS Ski Jumping Committee in 1946–1955 and 1959–1967. He owned and ran a sport shop in Oslo.[2]
On 24 February 1931 he set his first official world record at 264 ft (80.5 metres).[3] Later he set two more official world records at 84 m (276 ft) and 86 m (282 ft).
Ruud appeared in two films:The White Stadium (1928, as himself) andThe Woman in the Advocate's Gown (1929).
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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| 24 February 1931 | Bolgenschanze | Davos,Switzerland | 80.5 | 264 |
| March 1932 | Bolgenschanze | Davos,Switzerland | 82 | 269 |
| 19 January 1933 | Tremplin de Bretaye | Villars,Switzerland | 84 | 276 |
| 19 January 1933 | Tremplin de Bretaye | Villars,Switzerland | 86 | 282 |
| 25 March 1934 | Bloudkova velikanka | Planica,Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 95 | 312 |
Not recognized! He stood and tiedLymburne's WR distance, buthors concours, outside of competition.[4]
Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.[5]
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