Birk Ruud (born 2 April 2000) is a Norwegian freestyle skier in halfpipe and slopestyle and Olympic champion in big air.

In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Lillehammer.

Birk Ruud

He participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning the silver medal in the slopestyle event.

Birk Ruud

He has won 4 medals (including 2 golds) in X Games (Norway 2018, Aspen 2019, Aspen 2020, Norway 2020).

Birk Ruud

During the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ruud qualified first in the inaugural big air event. During the final, Ruud secured the gold medal on his first run, scoring a combined score of 187.75. On his victory run, Ruud did a double 1440 mute holding the Norwegian flag, scoring perfect 69s in doing so.

See also

List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

References

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2000 births

Living people

Skiers from Bærum

Norwegian male freestyle skiers

Freestyle skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Youth Olympic gold medalists for Norway

Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Olympic freestyle skiers for Norway

Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Norway

Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing

21st-century Norwegian people

X Games athletes