Birk Ruud (born 2 April 2000) is a Norwegian freestyle skier in

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and

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and Olympic champion in

big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jumps ...

. In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the

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at Lillehammer. He participated at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 The 2019 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships was held in Utah, in resorts Park City, Deer Valley and Solitude Mountain, from February 1 to 10, 2019. 19-year-old Dmitry Loginov of Russia became the youngest World Champion i ...

, winning the silver medal in the slopestyle event. He has won 4 medals (including 2 golds) in X Games (Norway 2018, Aspen 2019, Aspen 2020, Norway 2020). During the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ruud qualified first in the inaugural

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.

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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 {{Norway-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub

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