Английская Википедия:Birger Ruud
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Birger Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier.
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 |
Шаблон:Color box Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.[5]
References
External links
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Birger Ruud's Memorial Fund
- Birger Ruud Philately
- Шаблон:FIS alpine skier. Alpine skiing profile
- Шаблон:FIS ski jumper. Ski jumping profile
- Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang
- Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang
- Шаблон:Olympics.com profile
- Шаблон:Sports-Reference
- Sculpture
Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions SJ Individual LH Men Шаблон:Footer World Champions SJ Individual LH Men Шаблон:Holmenkollen medal
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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