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.
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1994 Gjøvik, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Kolbu KK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 216.5 m (710 ft)  Vikersund, 19 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 3 (2018, 2019, 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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
Olympics
| Year | Place | NH |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Sochi | 8 |
| 2018 |  Pyeongchang |  |
FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
| 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
Standings
| 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
| 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
External links
- Maren Lundby at FIS (ski jumping)
- Maren Lundby at Olympics.com
- Maren Lundby at Olympedia
- Maren Lundby at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
