Sigmund Ruud

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Sigmund Ruud
Country Norway
Born(1907-12-30)30 December 1907
Kongsberg, Norway
Died7 April 1994(1994-04-07) (aged 86)
Oslo, Norway
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Ski clubKongsberg IF
Personal best86 m (282 ft)
Villars, Switzerland
(19 January 1933)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 St. Moritz Individual LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place
1929 Zakopane
Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place
1930 Oslo
Individual LH

Sigmund Ruud (30 December 1907 – 7 April 1994) was a Norwegian ski jumper. Together with his brothers Birger and Asbjørn, he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s.

Career

At the

Holmenkollen ski festival, which first began in 1933. He also competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in the ski jumping event, but finished seventh due to appendicitis. Additionally, Sigmund wanted to compete in the first alpine skiing events at the 1936 Winter Olympics, though he did not start.[2]

For his contributions in ski jumping, Sigmund earned the

Daescher technique in the 1950s. Ruud also served as chairman of the FIS Ski Jumping Committee in 1946–1955 and 1959–1967. He owned and ran a sport shop in Oslo.[2]

On 24 February 1931 he set his first official world record at 264 ft (80.5 metres).[3] Later he set two more official world records at 84 m (276 ft) and 86 m (282 ft).

Ruud appeared in two films: The White Stadium (1928, as himself) and The Woman in the Advocate's Gown (1929).

Ski jumping world records

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
24 February 1931   Bolgenschanze Davos, Switzerland 80.5 264
March 1932   Bolgenschanze Davos, Switzerland 82 269
19 January 1933   Tremplin de Bretaye Villars, Switzerland 84 276
19 January 1933   Tremplin de Bretaye Villars, Switzerland 86 282
25 March 1934   Bloudkova velikanka Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia 95 312

  Not recognized! He stood and tied Lymburne's WR distance, but hors concours, outside of competition.[4]
  Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Sigmund Ruud". IOC Olympics.com.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sigmund Ruud". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Recent Ski Records" (PDF). Canadian Ski Annual. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Jutro, p.1 — Chapter: Rekord za rekordom (paragraph 1) — jumps mentioned in chronological order" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 26 March 1934.

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