Halvor Egner Granerud

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Halvor Egner Granerud
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Country Norway
Born (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 25)
Oslo, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Ski clubAsker Skiklubb
Personal best244.5 m (802 ft)
Planica, 13 December 2020
World Cup career
Seasons2015–present
Individual wins11
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums13
Team podiums3
Indiv. starts90
Team starts7
Overall titles1 (2021)
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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed NH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Planica Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Planica Individual
Updated on 28 March 2021.

Halvor Egner Granerud (born 29 May 1996) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He has won 11 Individual World Cup victories and the overall 2020-21 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. In Planica he won a gold & silver medal at the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships.

Career[]

He debuted in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in 2015, and got his best result win the World Cup event in Kuusamo/Ruka in November 2020. Granerud was part of the team that won the FIS Junior World Championship in 2015, together with Joacim Ødegård Bjøreng, Phillip Sjøen and Johann André Forfang.[1] From the 2018–19 season, he's been a part of the national team.[2]

On 11 February 2016, He set his unofficial personal best in Vikersund as trial jumper, when he jumped 240 metres.[3][4] Two years later in Planica he set his official personal best at 233 metres.

2020/21 World Cup[]

On 29 November 2020, Granerud took his first ever World Cup podium, by winning in Kuusamo.[5] At the following weekend, Granerud would win both competitions in Nizhny Tagil, gaining enough points for the leaders jersey.[6] In Planica he would go on to win a silver medal, in the individual competition at the Ski Flying World Championships, and a gold medal in the team competition.[7][8] The last double header of 2020 would see Granerud win both competitions in Engelberg, making him the first Norwegian to win five World Cup competitions in a row.[9] At the Four Hills Tournament, Granerud finished fourth overall. He also took his first podium in the Four Hills by finishing second in the new years competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[10]

The first win of 2021 would come in Titisee-Neustadt, where Granerud won the Sunday competition.[11] At the last weekend of January, Granerud won both competitions at Willingen. He won the Willingen Six, with 41 points to countryman Daniel Andre Tande.[12] The following weekend, Granerud would win both competitions in Klingenthal, therefore extending his lead to over 400 points in the overall World Cup.[13] He would win a week later in Zakopane, and was announced the winner of the overall World Cup on March 4, due to some competitions being cancelled.[14]

Personal life[]

Granerud's great-grandfather is Norwegian children's writer Thorbjørn Egner.[15]

Record[]

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships[]

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
Austria 2019 Seefeld - 33 5 -
Germany 2021 Oberstdorf 4 - - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

FIS Ski Flying World Championships[]

Event Individual Team
Slovenia 2020 Planica 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)


World Cup[]

Standings[]

Season Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2015/16 — 55 — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 42 32 37 45 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 20 24 20 22 19 N/A 21
2018/19 15 35 24 37 14 N/A 30
2019/20 61 — — 64 — — N/A
2020/21 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 19 N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 10

Wins[]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2020/21 29 November 2020   Finland Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 (night) LH
2 5 December 2020   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH
3 6 December 2020   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH
4 19 December 2020   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 (night) LH
5 20 December 2020   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 (night) LH
6 10 January 2021   Germany Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 (night) LH
7 30 January 2021   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night) LH
8 31 January 2021   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night) LH
9 6 February 2021   Germany Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
10 7 February 2021   Germany Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
11 14 February 2021   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH

Individual starts (90)[]

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Points
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 0
– DQ – – – – – – 46 36 – – q – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 50
36 32 q – – – – 28 47 34 37 50 47 – – – – 45 26 23 16 q 22 21 q –
2017/18 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 280
24 22 33 18 37 5 19 23 16 21 32 25 9 17 19 – 12 12 14 11 28 20
2018/19 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 422
q 24 7 9 37 16 21 q 9 DQ 7 25 13 5 7 4 8 15 33 5 14 14 q 47 32 28 36 28
2019/20 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Oslo Lillehammer 8
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 31 23 – – q q
2020/21 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Zakopane Zakopane Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 1572
4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 15 12 2 1 23 4 1 1 1 1 7 1 29 37 18 16

Podiums[]

Season Podiums
Medals Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015/16 - - - -
2016/17 - - - -
2017/18 - - - -
2018/19 - - - -
2019/20 - - - -
2020/21 11 2 - 13
Total 11 2 – 13

References[]

  1. ^ Carlsen, Jørund Wessel (7 February 2015). "Nytt VM-gull til Forfang: – Det er helt sinnssykt". iTromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Laguttak Hopplandslaget sesongen 2018/2019". Skiforbundet (in Norwegian). 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Drzni Norvežan, ki se ne boji golote in norih izzivov" (in Slovenian). Siol.net. 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Halvor Granerud hopper 240-meter". 11 February 2016 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Maiden World Cup win for Halvor Egner Granerud". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Norway sweeps the podium in Nizhny Tagil". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Karl Geiger is Ski Flying World Champion". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Team Norway soars to gold in Planica". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Granerud skrev norsk hopphistorie". Skiforbundet. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. ^ "King Kamil wins the 69th Four Hills Tournament! – Vierschanzentournee.com". vierschanzentournee.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Halvor Egner Granerud back to winning ways in Titisee-Neustadt". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Outstanding performance of Halvor Egner Granerud". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Eisenbichler fällt zurück: Granerud feiert in Klingenthal vierten Sieg in Folge". Skispringen. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Additional Ski Flying competition in Planica". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Hoppukedebutanten er Thorbjørn Egners oldebarn". NRK. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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