Bjørn Einar Romøren

Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup 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 2006 Winter Olympics. Bjørn Einar is the younger brother of Jan-Erik Romøren, best known by the stage name Nag, frontman of black metal band Tsjuder.

Bjørn Einar Romøren
Romøren in Oslo, 2010
Country Norway
Born (1981-04-01) 1 April 1981
Oslo, Norway
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Personal best239 m (784 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons20012012
2014
Individual wins8
Team wins7
Indiv. podiums22
Team podiums17
Indiv. starts221
Team starts43
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2006 TurinTeam LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 OsloTeam NH
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme Team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 PlanicaTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 Bad MitterndorfTeam
Silver medal – second place2010 PlanicaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 OberstdorfTeam
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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 4H SF NT
2000/01 38
2001/02 N/A61
2002/03 1419N/A27
2003/04 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)13N/A2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2004/05 1444N/A9
2005/06 67N/A7
2006/07 2931N/A
2007/08 1119N/A11
2008/09 346726
2009/10 9172035
2010/11 171414N/A
2011/12 324015N/A
2013/14 74N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2002/036 January 2003  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
2 2003/047 March 2004  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K116LH
3 10 March 2004  Finland KuopioPuijo K120 (night)LH
4 2004/0520 March 2005  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS215FH
5 2005/0621 January 2006  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS134 (night)LH
6 18 March 2006  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS215FH
7 2007/0817 February 2008  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145LH
8 2009/1028 November 2009  Finland KuusamoRukatunturi HS142 (night)LH

Ski jumping world records

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
20 March 2005   Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 Planica, Slovenia 234.5 769
20 March 2005   Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 Planica, Slovenia 239 784

References

  1. "Flights over 220 m" Archived 2010-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. planica.si. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
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