Maren Lundby

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Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 31)
Gjøvik, Norway
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
CountryNorway
SportSkiing
Maren Lundby
Lundby in Hinzenbach, 2017
Personal information
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 31)
Gjøvik, Norway
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSkiing
ClubKolbu KK
World Cup career
Seasons
Indiv. starts148
Indiv. podiums62
Indiv. wins30
Team starts10
Team podiums7
Team wins2
Overall titles3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests216.5 m (710 ft) Norwegian women national record
Vikersund, 19 March 2023
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 SeefeldIndividual NH
Gold medal – first place2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
Silver medal – second place2015 FalunMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2021 OberstdorfIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place2021 OberstdorfMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2023 PlanicaIndividual LH
Bronze medal – third place2019 SeefeldTeam NH
Bronze medal – third place2019 SeefeldMixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place2021 OberstdorfTeam NH
Bronze medal – third place2023 PlanicaTeam NH
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 Val di FiemmeIndividual NH
Updated on 1 March 2023

Maren Lundby (born 7 September 1994) is a Norwegian former 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 and Nika Prevc), 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]

Lundby hails from Bøverbru[1] and 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.[2] 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.[3]

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2021.[4]

Major tournament results

Olympics

Year Place NH
2014 Russia Sochi 8
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 1st place, gold medalist(s)

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

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

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