Sigmund Ruud
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kongsberg, Norway | 30 December 1907||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 April 1994 Oslo, Norway | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Kongsberg IF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 86 m (282 ft) Villars, Switzerland (19 January 1933) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
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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
- ^ "Sigmund Ruud". IOC Olympics.com.
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 9781894765640. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Recent Ski Records" (PDF). Canadian Ski Annual. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Jutro, p.1 — Chapter: Rekord za rekordom (paragraph 1) — jumps mentioned in chronological order" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 26 March 1934.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sigmund Ruud.
- Sigmund Ruud at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Swiss Olympic Committee St. Moritz 1928, 1928. (digitized version) (in French)
- Swiss Olympic Committee Résultats DES concours DES IImes jeux Olympiques d'Hiver, 1928. (digitized version) (in French)
- Organizing Committee III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932, 1932 (digitized version)
- Organizing Committee, IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht, Reichssportverlag Berlin SW 68, 1936 (digitized version) (in German)