Birk Ruud

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Birk Ruud
Personal information
Born (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 25)
Bærum, Norway
Sport
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event(s)Big air, Halfpipe, Slopestyle
Club Bærums SK
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Big air
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Bakuriani Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Engadin Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Utah Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Bakuriani Big air
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Engadin Big air
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Norway Big air
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Aspen Big air
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Aspen Big air
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Norway Big air
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Aspen Big air
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lillehammer Slopestyle

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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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

References

  1. ↑ Olympic (19 February 2016), Ski Slopestyle - Birk Ruud (NOR) wins Men's gold | Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games , retrieved 2 April 2019
  2. ↑ Slopestyle results
  3. ↑ "Birk Ruud's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "X Games Norway 2020 Day One News and Results". ESPN Press Room U.S. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
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