Maren Lundby

Maren Lundby (born 7 September 1994) is a 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
Country	Norway
Born	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 29) 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	2012–2021 2023–present
Individual wins	30
Team wins	2
Indiv. podiums	62
Team podiums	7
Indiv. starts	148
Team starts	10
Overall titles	3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Medal record Women's ski jumping Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH World Championships 2019 Seefeld Individual NH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH 2015 Falun Mixed team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH 2023 Planica Individual LH 2019 Seefeld Team NH 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team NH 2023 Planica Team NH Junior World Championships 2014 Val di Fiemme Individual 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.^{[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

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.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maren Lundby.

• Maren Lundby at FIS (ski jumping) 
• Maren Lundby at Olympics.com 
• Maren Lundby at Olympedia 
• Maren Lundby at Team Norway (in Norwegian)