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Maren Lundby

Maren Lundby (born 7 September 1994) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper. She is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won three consecutive World Cup overall titles (an all-time record shared with Adam Małysz), thirty individual World Cup competitions, and gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2019 and 2021 World Championships.

Maren Lundby
Lundby in Hinzenbach, 2017
CountryNorway
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 29)
Gjøvik, Norway
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski clubKolbu KK
Personal best216.5 m (710 ft) Norwegian women national record
Vikersund, 19 March 2023
World Cup career
Seasons
Starts148
Podiums62
Wins30
Overall titles3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2015 Falun Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2023 Planica Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Team NH
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Val di Fiemme Individual NH
Updated on 1 March 2023.

Lundby is also known as an advocate for gender equality in the sport. Because of her efforts, women are now allowed to jump on the large hill during the World Championships.[citation needed]

Ski jumping career edit

Lundby represents the Kolbu KK ski club. She made her debut in the Continental Cup, the highest level in women's ski jumping at the time, on 12 August 2007 with a 56th place in Bischofsgruen. At age 14, she made history as the first female ski jumper in a World Championship, when she jumped with bib number 1 at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. On 6 September 2010, she made the first jump when the new Midtstubakken in Oslo was opened. She landed on 87 meters.[1] 14 March 2019, Lundby won the first women's edition of Raw Air. 12 March 2020, Lundby won the second edition of Raw Air and also became the first woman to win the World Cup three years in a row. She is the first ski jumper to do so since Adam Małysz in 2001–2003. On 3 March 2021, Lundby became the first female world champion on the large hill.

In October 2021, Lundby withdrew from the 2022 Winter Olympics and said she had difficulties losing weight and did not feel she could perform at the top level.[2]

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2021.[3]

Major tournament results edit

Olympics edit

Year Place NH
2014   Sochi 8
2018   Pyeongchang  

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships edit

Year Place NH LH Team NH Mixed NH
2009   Liberec 22 N/A N/A N/A
2011   Oslo 11 N/A N/A N/A
2013   Val di Fiemme 25 N/A N/A 4
2015   Falun 15 N/A N/A  
2017   Lahti 4 N/A N/A 5
2019   Seefeld   N/A    
2021   Oberstdorf        
2023   Planica 7     N/A

World Cup edit

Standings edit

Season Overall L3 RA BB
2011/12 26 N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 23 N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 7 N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 14 N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 6 N/A N/A N/A
2016/17   N/A N/A N/A
2017/18     N/A N/A
2018/19   6    
2019/20   N/A   N/A
2020/21 8 N/A N/A —
2022/23 20 N/A 10 N/A

Individual wins edit

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016/17 10 December 2016     Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS100 (night) NH
2 15 January 2017     Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
3 28 January 2017     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
4 11 February 2017     Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
5 2017/18 1 December 2017     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 (night) NH
6 17 December 2017     Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH
7 13 January 2018     Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
8 14 January 2018     Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
9 19 January 2018     Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
10 20 January 2018     Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
11 27 January 2018     Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
12 4 March 2018     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
13 11 March 2018     Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
14 2018/19 13 January 2019     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
15 20 January 2019     Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
16 26 January 2019     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
17 27 January 2019     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
18 2 February 2019     Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
19 3 February 2019     Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
20 8 February 2019     Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
21 16 February 2019     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
22 17 February 2019     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
23 12 March 2019     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
24 14 March 2019     Trondheim Granåsen HS138 LH
25 24 March 2019     Chaykovsky Snezhinka HS140 LH
26 2019/20 7 December 2019     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
27 8 December 2019     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
28 26 January 2020     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
29 23 February 2020     Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
30 11 March 2020     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH

References edit

  1. ^ VG.no – Maren (15) fryktet ikke nytt Romøren-stunt
  2. ^ Lund, Tommy (2 February 2022). "Ski jumping-Norway hoping for gold despite Olympic champion Lundby's absence". Reuters.
  3. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

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