Maren Lundby

Maren Lundby (born 7 September 1994) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. She is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won three consecutive World Cup overall titles (an all-time record shared with Adam Małysz and Nika Prevc), thirty individual World Cup competitions, and gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2019 and 2021 World Championships.

Lundby is also known as an advocate for gender equality in the sport. Because of her efforts, women are now allowed to jump on the large hill during the World Championships.

Ski jumping career Lundby hails from Bøverbru and represents the Kolbu KK ski club. She made her debut in the Continental Cup, the highest level in women's ski jumping at the time, on 12 August 2007 with a 56th place in Bischofsgruen. At age 14, she made history as the first female ski jumper in a World Championship, when she jumped with bib number 1 at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. On 6 September 2010, she made the first jump when the new Midtstubakken in Oslo was opened. She landed on 87 meters. 14 March 2019, Lundby won the first women's edition of Raw Air. 12 March 2020, Lundby won the second edition of Raw Air and also became the first woman to win the World Cup three years in a row. She is the first ski jumper to do so since Adam Małysz in 2001–2003. On 3 March 2021, Lundby became the first female world champion on the large hill.

In October 2021, Lundby withdrew from the 2022 Winter Olympics and said she had difficulties losing weight and did not feel she could perform at the top level.

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2021.

Major tournament results Olympics

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

World Cup Standings SeasonOverall2011/1226 N/A N/A N/A2012/1323 N/A N/A N/A2013/147 N/A N/A N/A2014/1514 N/A N/A N/A2015/166 N/A N/A N/A2016/17 N/A N/A N/A2017/18 N/A N/A2018/19 6 2019/20 N/A N/A2020/218 N/A N/A —2022/2320 N/A 10 N/A

Individual wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size12016/17 10 December 2016 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS100 (night) NH215 January 2017 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH328 January 2017 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100 NH411 February 2017 Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH52017/18 1 December 2017 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 (night) NH617 December 2017 Hinterzarten Rothaus-Schanze HS108 NH713 January 2018 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH814 January 2018 Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH919 January 2018 Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH1020 January 2018 Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH1127 January 2018 Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH124 March 2018 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH1311 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH142018/19 13 January 2019 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH1520 January 2019 Zaō Yamagata HS102 (night) NH1626 January 2019 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH1727 January 2019 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH182 February 2019 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH193 February 2019 Hinzenbach Aigner-Schanze HS90 NH208 February 2019 Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH2116 February 2019 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH2217 February 2019 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH2312 March 2019 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH2414 March 2019 Trondheim Granåsen HS138 LH2524 March 2019 Chaykovsky Snezhinka HS140 LH262019/20 7 December 2019 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH278 December 2019 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH28 26 January 2020 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH2923 February 2020 Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS94 NH3011 March 2020 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH