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{{Short description|Norwegian ski jumper (1907–1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox skier
| name           = Sigmund Ruud
| image          = Sigmund Ruud 4.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = 
| nationality    = {{flag|Norway}}
| residence      = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|12|30}}
| birth_place    = [[Kongsberg]], Norway
| death_date     = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|4|7|1907|12|30}} 
| death_place    = [[Oslo]], Norway
| height         = 183 cm
| club           = [[Kongsberg IF]]
| personalbest   = [[List of longest ski jumps#Men|{{convert|86|m|ft|abbr=on}}]]<br>[[Villars-sur-Ollon|Villars]], [[Switzerland]]<br><small>(19 January 1933)</small>
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ski jumping]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928 St. Moritz]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics|Individual LH]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1929 Zakopane]] | Individual LH}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928 St. Moritz]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics|Individual LH]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1930 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1930 Oslo]] | Individual LH}}
}}

'''Sigmund Ruud''' (30 December 1907 – 7 April 1994) was a Norwegian [[ski jumping|ski jumper]]. Together with his brothers [[Birger Ruud|Birger]] and [[Asbjørn Ruud|Asbjørn]], he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s.

==Career==
At the [[1928 Winter Olympics]] in [[St. Moritz]], Sigmund earned a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sigmund Ruud|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sigmund-ruud|publisher=IOC Olympics.com}}</ref> At the [[1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], he won the ski jumping competition while earning a bronze at the 1930 event. Sigmund also competed in the ski jumping competition at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]], which first began in 1933. He also competed at the [[1932 Winter Olympics]] in the [[Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics|ski jumping event]], but finished seventh due to [[appendicitis]]. Additionally, Sigmund wanted to compete in the first [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|alpine skiing events]] at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]], though he did not start.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/sigmund-ruud-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192321/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/sigmund-ruud-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Sigmund Ruud}}</ref>

For his contributions in ski jumping, Sigmund earned the [[Holmenkollen medal]] in 1949, the last of the three Ruud brothers to do so. Sigmund was the only one of the three not to win the Holmenkollen ski jumping competition. Sigmund Ruud and fellow Norwegian ski jumper [[Jacob Tullin Thams]] are considered co-creators of the [[Kongsberger technique]] after [[World War I]], a ski jumping technique that was the standard until it was superseded by the [[Daescher technique]] in the 1950s. Ruud also served as chairman of the FIS Ski Jumping Committee in 1946–1955 and 1959–1967. He owned and ran a sport shop in Oslo.<ref name=sr/>

On 24 February 1931 he set his first official world record at 264 ft (80.5 metres).<ref>{{cite book|title=Powder Pioneers, p. 29, 30|year = 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8gBZNYK4qMC&q=Revelstoke+%22Nels+Nelsen%22&pg=PA32|publisher=Chic Scott|isbn = 9781894765640|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> Later he set two more official world records at 84 m (276 ft) and 86 m (282 ft).

Ruud appeared in two films: ''[[The White Stadium]]'' (1928, as himself) and ''[[The Woman in the Advocate's Gown]]'' (1929).

==Ski jumping world records==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; line-height:16px; width:40%;"
!style="background-color: #ccc;" width="115"|Date
!style="background-color: #ccc;" width="130"|Hill
!style="background-color: #ccc;" width="200"|Location
!style="background-color: #ccc;" width="50"|Metres
!style="background-color: #ccc;" width="50"|Feet
|-
| align=right|24 February 1931 &nbsp;
| [[Bolgenschanze (1928, new hill)|Bolgenschanze]]
| [[Davos]], [[Switzerland]]
| align=center|80.5
| align=center|264
|-bgcolor=#D6CADD
| align=right|March 1932 &nbsp;
| [[Bolgenschanze (1928, new hill)|Bolgenschanze]]
| [[Davos]], [[Switzerland]]
| align=center|82
| align=center|269
|-
| align=right|19 January 1933 &nbsp;
| [[Tremplin de Bretaye]]
| [[Villars-sur-Ollon|Villars]], [[Switzerland]]
| align=center|84
| align=center|276
|-
| align=right|19 January 1933 &nbsp;
| [[Tremplin de Bretaye]]
| [[Villars-sur-Ollon|Villars]], [[Switzerland]]
| align=center|86
| align=center|282
|-bgcolor=#FAEBD7
| align=right|25 March 1934 &nbsp;
| [[Bloudkova velikanka]]
| [[Planica]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]
| align=center|95
| align=center|312
|}
<small>{{color box|#D6CADD}} Not recognized! He stood and tied [[Bob Lymburne|Lymburne]]'s WR distance, but ''hors concours'', outside of competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recent Ski Records|url=http://skimuseum.ca/documents/annuals/1932_pt18_pg30-33.pdf|publisher=Canadian Ski Annual|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref></small><br>
<small>{{color box|#FAEBD7}} Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jutro, p.1 — Chapter: Rekord za rekordom (paragraph 1) — jumps mentioned in chronological order|url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-U4PZ668I/1541ba24-df8e-49fe-9133-d2da18886b57/PDF|publisher=Jutro|date=26 March 1934|language=sl}}</ref></small>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Sigmund Ruud}}
*{{FIS ski jumper|52694}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928w1.pdf Swiss Olympic Committee ''St. Moritz 1928'', 1928. (digitized version)] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928w1.pdf Swiss Olympic Committee ''Résultats DES concours DES II<sup>mes</sup> jeux Olympiques d'Hiver'', 1928. (digitized version)] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf Organizing Committee ''III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932'', 1932 (digitized version)] 
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936win.pdf Organizing Committee, ''IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht'', Reichssportverlag Berlin SW 68, 1936 (digitized version)] {{in lang|de}}

{{Footer World Champions SJ Individual LH Men}}
{{Holmenkollen medal}}

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[[Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Norway]]
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[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Norway]]
[[Category:Holmenkollen medalists]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping]]
[[Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Kongsberg IF ski jumpers]]
[[Category:Skiers from Kongsberg]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen]]


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