Maren Lundby

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.

Maren Lundby
Lundby in Hinzenbach, 2017
CountryNorway
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994
Gjøvik, Norway
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski clubKolbu KK
Personal best216.5 m (710 ft)
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
2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
World Championships
2019 SeefeldIndividual NH
2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
2015 FalunMixed team NH
2021 OberstdorfIndividual NH
2021 OberstdorfMixed team NH
2023 PlanicaIndividual LH
2019 SeefeldTeam NH
2019 SeefeldMixed team NH
2021 OberstdorfTeam NH
2023 PlanicaTeam NH
Junior World Championships
2014 Val di FiemmeIndividual NH
Updated on 1 March 2023.

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.

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 26N/AN/AN/A
2012/13 23N/AN/AN/A
2013/14 7N/AN/AN/A
2014/15 14N/AN/AN/A
2015/16 6N/AN/AN/A
2016/17 N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 N/AN/A
2018/19 6
2019/20 N/AN/A
2020/21 8N/AN/A—
2022/23 20N/A10N/A

Individual wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016/1710 December 2016   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS100 (night)NH
2 15 January 2017   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
3 28 January 2017   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100NH
4 11 February 2017   LjubnoSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
5 2017/181 December 2017   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS98 (night)NH
6 17 December 2017   HinterzartenRothaus-Schanze HS108NH
7 13 January 2018   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
8 14 January 2018   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
9 19 January 2018   ZaōYamagata HS102 (night)NH
10 20 January 2018   ZaōYamagata HS102 (night)NH
11 27 January 2018   LjubnoSavina Ski Jumping Center HS94NH
12 4 March 2018   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97NH
13 11 March 2018   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
14 2018/1913 January 2019   SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
15 20 January 2019   ZaōYamagata HS102 (night)NH
16 26 January 2019   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97NH
17 27 January 2019   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97NH
18 2 February 2019   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS90NH
19 3 February 2019   HinzenbachAigner-Schanze HS90NH
20 8 February 2019   LjubnoSavina Ski Jumping Center HS94NH
21 16 February 2019   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137LH
22 17 February 2019   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137LH
23 12 March 2019   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
24 14 March 2019   TrondheimGranåsen HS138LH
25 24 March 2019   ChaykovskySnezhinka HS140LH
26 2019/207 December 2019   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
27 8 December 2019   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
28 26 January 2020   RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97NH
29 23 February 2020   LjubnoSavina Ski Jumping Center HS94NH
30 11 March 2020   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH

References
  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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