Birk Ruud

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Birk Ruud
Personal information
Born (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 26)
Bærum, Norway
Sport
CountryFile:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
SportFreestyle skiing
Event(s)
Big air, Halfpipe, Slopestyle
ClubBærums SK

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.[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]

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References

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