Birk Ruud

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

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

He participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, 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 big air 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.

Ruud won the gold medal for slopestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, finishing with a score of 86.28 in the final.