Birk Ruud (born 2 April 2000) is a Norwegian freestyle skier in halfpipe and slopestyle and Olympic champion in big air.
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| Born | 2 April 2000 Bærum, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Big air, Halfpipe, Slopestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bærums SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Lillehammer.[1]
He participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning the silver medal in the slopestyle event.[2]
He has won 4 medals (including 2 golds) in X Games (Norway 2018, Aspen 2019, Aspen 2020, Norway 2020).[3][4]
During the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ruud qualified first in the inaugural big air event. During the final, Ruud secured the gold medal on his first run, scoring a combined score of 187.75.[5] On his victory run, Ruud did a double 1440 mute holding the Norwegian flag, scoring perfect 69s in doing so.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Olympic (19 February 2016), Ski Slopestyle - Birk Ruud (NOR) wins Men's gold | Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games, retrieved 2 April 2019
- ^ Slopestyle results
- ^ "Birk Ruud's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "X Games Norway 2020 Day One News and Results". ESPN Press Room U.S. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Fontela, Jonah (8 February 2022). "Medals update: Norway's Birk Ruud makes history with first men's freeski big air gold". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Cash, Meredith (8 February 2022). "Judges gave Olympic big-air gold medalist Birk Ruud a series of 69 scores after he took an epic victory lap as his final run". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
External links
edit- Birk Ruud at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Birk Ruud at the X Games (archive)
- Birk Ruud at Olympics.com
- Birk Ruud at Olympedia (archive)
- Birk Ruud at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
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