Maren Lundby Explained

Maren Lundby
Nationality:Norway
Birth Date:7 September 1994
Birth Place:Gjøvik, Norway
Height:1.72 m
Club:Kolbu KK
Personalbest:216.5m (710.3feet)
Vikersund, 19 March 2023
Seasons:
Wins:30
Teamwins:2
Totalpodiums:62
Teampodiums:7
Individual Starts:148
Team Starts:10
Wcoveralls:3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Show-Medals:no
Updated:1 March 2023

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.

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

YearPlace
scope=row align=center2014 Sochi8
scope=row align=center2018 Pyeongchangalign=center bgcolor=#D4AF37

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

YearPlaceTeam NHMixed NH
scope=row align=center2009 Liberec22N/AN/AN/A
scope=row align=center2011 Oslo11N/AN/AN/A
scope=row align=center2013 Val di Fiemme25N/AN/A4
scope=row align=center2015 Falun15N/AN/Aalign=center bgcolor=silver
scope=row align=center2017 Lahti4N/AN/A5
scope=row align=center2019 Seefeldalign=center bgcolor=#D4AF37N/Aalign=center bgcolor=#A57164align=center bgcolor=#A57164
scope=row align=center2021 Oberstdorfalign=center bgcolor=silveralign=center bgcolor=#D4AF37align=center bgcolor=#A57164align=center bgcolor=silver
scope=row align=center2023 Planica7align=center bgcolor=silveralign=center bgcolor=#A57164N/A

World Cup

Standings

SeasonOverall
scope=row align=center2011/1226 N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2012/1323 N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2013/147 N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2014/1514 N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2015/166 N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2016/17align=center bgcolor=#A57164N/A N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2017/18align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37align=center bgcolor=silverN/A N/A
scope=row align=center2018/19align=center bgcolor=#D4AF376 align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37align=center bgcolor=silver
scope=row align=center2019/20align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37N/A align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37N/A
scope=row align=center2020/218 N/A N/A
scope=row align=center2022/2320 N/A 10 N/A

Individual wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1align=center rowspan=410 December 2016   Tramplin Stork HS100 (night) NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"215 January 2017   Miyanomori HS100 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"328 January 2017   Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"411 February 2017   Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"51 December 2017   Lysgårdsbakken HS98 (night) NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"617 December 2017   Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"713 January 2018   Miyanomori HS100 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"814 January 2018   Miyanomori HS100 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"919 January 2018   Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1020 January 2018   Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1127 January 2018   Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"124 March 2018   Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1311 March 2018   Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1413 January 2019   Ōkurayama HS137 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1520 January 2019  Yamagata HS102 (night) NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1626 January 2019   Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1727 January 2019   Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"182 February 2019   Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"193 February 2019   Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"208 February 2019   Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2116 February 2019   Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2217 February 2019   Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2312 March 2019   Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2414 March 2019   Granåsen HS138 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2524 March 2019   Snezhinka HS140 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"267 December 2019   Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"278 December 2019   Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"28 26 January 2020   Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2923 February 2020   Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3011 March 2020   Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vg.no/sport/ski/hopp/artikkel.php?artid=10036319 VG.no – Maren (15) fryktet ikke nytt Romøren-stunt
  2. News: Lund . Tommy . Ski jumping-Norway hoping for gold despite Olympic champion Lundby's absence . Reuters . 2 February 2022.
  3. Encyclopedia: Holmenkollmedaljen . Rolf . Bryhn . Jørn . Sundby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 22 October 2022.