Bjørn Einar Romøren

Bjørn Einar Romøren

Romøren in Oslo, 2010
Country  Norway
Born (1981-04-01) 1 April 1981
Oslo, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Personal best 239 m (784 ft)
Planica, 20 Mar 2005
World Cup career
Seasons 20012012
2014
Individual wins 8
Team wins 7
Indiv. podiums 22
Team podiums 17
Yellow bibs 2
Indiv. starts 221
Team starts 43
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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

Career

Romøren achieved his first World Cup victory in Bischofshofen during the 2002–03 Four Hills Tournament. He later won several more World Cup competitions as well as two World Championship bronze medals in the team large hill event in Val di Fiemme (2003) and Oberstdorf (2005). At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Pragelato, 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 (2004 in Planica; 2006 in Kulm), one silver (2010 in Planica) and a bronze (2008 in Oberstdorf).

On 20 March 2005 in Planica, Romøren set the world record for the sport's longest jump with a distance of 234.5 metres which he later improved to 239 m on the same day.[1] This record stood until 11 February 2011 (during which countryman Johan Remen Evensen jumped 243 m in Vikersund), but his 239 m jump remained the hill record at Planica until 20 March 2015, exactly a decade to the day.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall SF 4H NT
2000/01 38
2001/02 N/A 61
2002/03 14 N/A 19 27
2003/04 3rd N/A 13 2nd
2004/05 14 N/A 44 9
2005/06 6 N/A 7 7
2006/07 29 N/A 31
2007/08 11 N/A 19 11
2008/09 34 26 67
2009/10 9 20 17 35
2010/11 17 14 14 N/A
2011/12 32 15 40 N/A
2013/14 74 N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2002/03 6 January 2003 Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 LH
2 2003/04 7 March 2004 Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K116 LH
3 10 March 2004 Finland Kuopio Puijo K120 (night) LH
4 2004/05 20 March 2005 Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS 215 FH
5 2005/06 21 January 2006 Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS 134 (night) LH
6 18 March 2006 Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS 215 FH
7 2007/08 17 February 2008 Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS 145 LH
8 2009/10 28 November 2009 Finland Kuusamo Rukatunturi HS 142 (night) LH

Personal Life

Bjørn Einar's brother, Jan-Erik (stage name: Nag), is the bass player and singer of the black metal band Tsjuder.

References

  1. "Flights over 220 m". planica.si. Retrieved 2013-04-01.

External links

Records
Preceded by
Tommy Ingebrigtsen
World's longest ski jump
234.5 m (769 ft)

20 March 2005 – 20 March 2005
Succeeded by
Matti Hautamäki
Preceded by
Matti Hautamäki
World's longest ski jump
239 m (784 ft)

20 March 2005 – 11 February 2011
Succeeded by
Johan Remen Evensen
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