Birk Ruud

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

Birk Ruud

Personal information
Born	(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 25) Bærum, Norway
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Event(s)	Big air, Halfpipe, Slopestyle
Club	Bærums SK
Medal record Men's freestyle skiing Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Big air World Championships 2023 Bakuriani Slopestyle 2025 Engadin Slopestyle 2019 Utah Slopestyle 2023 Bakuriani Big air 2025 Engadin Big air Winter X Games 2018 Norway Big air 2019 Aspen Big air 2024 Aspen Slopestyle 2020 Aspen Big air 2020 Norway Big air 2023 Aspen Big air Youth Olympic Games 2016 Lillehammer Slopestyle

In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Lillehammer.^[1]

He participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning the silver medal in the slopestyle event.^[2]

He has won 4 medals (including 2 golds) in X Games (Norway 2018, Aspen 2019, Aspen 2020, Norway 2020).^[3][4]

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.^[5] On his victory run, Ruud did a double 1440 mute holding the Norwegian flag, scoring perfect 69s in doing so.^[6]

See also

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