Mari Leinan Lund Explained

Mari Leinan Lund
Nationality:Norway
Birth Date:28 May 1999
Club:Tolga IL
Seasons:2021–present
Wins:2
Totalpodiums:12
Individual Starts:24
Updated:7 March 2024

Mari Leinan Lund (born 28 May 1999) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who represents Tolga IL. She took the silver medal in women's nordic combined at the inaugural World Championship race, individual normal hill/5 km, at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021.[1]

Her younger sister Marte Leinan Lund is also a nordic combined skier.

Career

Leinan Lund competed in the first ever women's nordic combined World Cup race in Ramsau on 18 December 2020 where she finished 7th.[2] At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 she took the silver medal in the women's first ever race at a world championship. She shared the podium with her sister Marte Leinan Lund and the winner, fellow Norwegian Gyda Westvold Hansen.[3]

Nordic combined results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

World Championships

 Year  Age Normal Hill
21 Silver
23 20

World Cup

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverall Best Jumper
Trophy
Best Skier
Trophy
21 7 10 9
22 10 6 26
23 17 21 18
24 8

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Her blir Gyda (18) historisk – tok tidenes første VM-gull i kombinert for kvinner . NRK . 27 February 2021 . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Dette er en historisk seierspall . dagsavisen.no . 27 February 2021 . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Her blir Gyda (18) historisk – tok tidenes første VM-gull i kombinert for kvinner . NRK . 27 February 2021 . Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Mari Leinan Lund. fis-ski.com . . 27 February 2021.