Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former

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who competed at

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level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at the

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. Bjørn Einar is the younger brother of Jan-Erik Romøren, best known by the stage name ''Nag'', frontman of black metal band Tsjuder.

Career

Romøren achieved his first

victory in

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during the 2002–03

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. He later won several more World Cup competitions as well as two

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bronze medals in the team large hill event in

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(2003) and

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(2005). At the

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, Romøren won a bronze medal in the team large hill event. He also has four medals in the team event at the Ski Flying World Championships with two golds (

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in 2004; Kulm in 2006), one silver (Planica in 2010), and a bronze (

2008). On 20 March 2005, in Planica, Romøren set the world record for the sport's longest jump with a distance of 234.5 Meters which he later improved to 239 m on the same day."Flights over 220 m"
. planica.si. Retrieved 2013-04-01. This record stood until 11 February 2011 (during which countryman Johan Remen Evensen jumped 243 m in

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), but his 239 m jump remained the hill record at Planica until 20 March 2015, exactly a decade to the day.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Ski jumping world records

References

External links

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Video of Romøren's 239 m world record jump
at

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