Birk Ruud
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birk Ruud (born 2 April 2000) is a Norwegian freestyle skier in halfpipe and slopestyle and Olympic champion in big air.
In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Lillehammer.
He participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning the silver medal in the slopestyle event.
He has won 4 medals (including 2 golds) in X Games (Norway 2018, Aspen 2019, Aspen 2020, Norway 2020).
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. On his victory run, Ruud did a double 1440 mute holding the Norwegian flag, scoring perfect 69s in doing so.
See also
References
- ^ 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
- 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
- Birk Ruud at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
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