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Birger Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier.

Birger Ruud
Birger Ruud in 1936
Country	Norway
Born	23 August 1911 (1911-08-23) Kongsberg, Norway
Died	13 June 1998 (1998-06-14) (aged 86) Kongsberg, Norway
Personal best	92 m (302 ft) Planica, King. of Yugoslavia (25 March 1934)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1932 Lake Placid Individual LH 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Individual LH 1948 St. Moritz Individual LH World Championships 1931 Oberhof Individual LH 1935 Vysoké Tatry Individual LH 1937 Chamonix Individual LH 1939 Zakopane Individual LH Men's alpine skiing World Championships 1935 Mürren Alpine combined

Career

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, the first repeat winner of ski jumping gold.[1] He also was an accomplished alpine skier, 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 incarcerated at Grini concentration camp for expressing his anti-Nazi sentiments.[1] After his release in 1944, he joined the Norwegian resistance movement.[2] He also competed in the 1948 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.[1] This accomplishment he personally held in the highest regard; it made him the first ski jumper to medal in three different Olympics.[1]

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.[3][4]

Later in life, Birger Ruud, with his friend Petter Hugsted, the 1948 gold medalist, 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 selected to light the Olympic Flame at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics in Norway, but had to withdraw due to heart complications immediately before the event. He died in 1998, aged 86.[1]

Ski jumping world records

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
18 January 1931	Odnesbakken	Odnes, Norway	76.5	251
24 March 1934	Bloudkova velikanka K90	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	87	285
25 March 1934	Bloudkova velikanka K90	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	92	302

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.[5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Birger Ruud.

• "Biography of Birger Ruud in English". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
• Birger Ruud's Memorial Fund
• Birger Ruud Philately
• Birger Ruud at the International Ski Federation. Alpine skiing profile
• Birger Ruud at the International Ski Federation. Ski jumping profile
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) (in Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) (in Norwegian)
• Birger Ruud at the International Olympic Committee
• Birger Ruud at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Sculpture

Preceded by Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Egebergs Ærespris 1991	Succeeded by Ingrid Kristiansen

На других языках

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- [en] Birger Ruud

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[fr] Birger Ruud

Birger Johannes Ruud, né le 23 août 1911 à Kongsberg et mort le 13 juin 1998 dans la même ville, est un sauteur à ski et skieur alpin norvégien. Il fait partie des sauteurs les plus titrés de l'histoire, gagnant deux titres olympiques et trois titres de champion du monde.

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[it] Birger Ruud

Birger Johannes Ruud (Kongsberg, 23 agosto 1911 – Kongsberg, 13 giugno 1998) è stato un saltatore con gli sci e sciatore alpino norvegese. Pluricampione olimpico e mondiale di salto con gli sci negli anni 1930, vinse una medaglia anche ai Campionati mondiali di sci alpino, in combinata. Internato dai tedeschi durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, tornò a gareggiare ai V Giochi olimpici invernali di Sankt Moritz 1948, dove vinse la medaglia d'argento nel salto con gli sci.

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