Maren Lundby

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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.

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.

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 Russia Sochi 8
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 1st place, gold medalist(s)

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships[edit]

Year Place NH LH Team NH Mixed NH
2009 Czech Republic Liberec 22 N/A N/A N/A
2011 Norway Oslo 11 N/A N/A N/A
2013 Italy Val di Fiemme 25 N/A N/A 4
2015 Sweden Falun 15 N/A N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Finland Lahti 4 N/A N/A 5
2019 Austria Seefeld 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 Germany Oberstdorf 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Slovenia Planica 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A
2018/19 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019/20 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS100 (night) NH
2 15 January 2017   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
3 28 January 2017   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
4 11 February 2017   Slovenia Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
5 2017/18 1 December 2017   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 (night) NH
6 17 December 2017   Germany Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH
7 13 January 2018   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
8 14 January 2018   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
9 19 January 2018   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
10 20 January 2018   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
11 27 January 2018   Slovenia Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
12 4 March 2018   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
13 11 March 2018   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
14 2018/19 13 January 2019   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
15 20 January 2019   Japan Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
16 26 January 2019   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
17 27 January 2019   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
18 2 February 2019   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
19 3 February 2019   Austria Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
20 8 February 2019   Slovenia Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
21 16 February 2019   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
22 17 February 2019   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
23 12 March 2019   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
24 14 March 2019   Norway Trondheim Granåsen HS138 LH
25 24 March 2019   Russia Chaykovsky Snezhinka HS140 LH
26 2019/20 7 December 2019   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
27 8 December 2019   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
28 26 January 2020   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
29 23 February 2020   Slovenia Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
30 11 March 2020   Norway 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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