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Asbjørn Ruud

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Norwegian ski jumper (1919-1989)

NorwayLived 1919 to 1989 · aged 69
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Asbjørn Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper. He dominated the international ski jumping scene in the 1930s with his brothers Birger and Sigmund. Ruud won a gold medal at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

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1948Holmenkollen Medal

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Asbjørn Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper. He dominated the international ski jumping scene in the 1930s with his brothers Birger and Sigmund. Ruud won a gold medal at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Eight years later, he won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, the first held since the German occupation of Norway in 1940 during World War II. Ruud finished seventh in the individual large hill competition at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He won the Holmenkollen medal for ski jumping in 1948, becoming the second of the three brothers to do so.

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Lived 1919 to 1989 · aged 69
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