Bjørn Einar Romøren

Bjørn Einar Romøren
File:Björn Einar Romören NOR.JPG
Country	Norway
Born	(1981-04-01) 1 April 1981 Oslo, Norway
Height
Personal best	239 m (784 ft) Planica, 20 Mar 2005
World Cup career
Seasons	2001–2012 2014
Individual wins	8
Team wins	7
Indiv. podiums	22
Team podiums	17
Yellow bibs	2
Indiv. starts	221
Team starts	43
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2006 Turin Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 Oslo Team NH 2003 Val di Fiemme Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2004 Planica Team 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Team 2010 Planica Team 2008 Oberstdorf Team
Updated on 10 Jan 2016.

Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2014, representing Øvrevoll Hosle IL in Bærum.

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. 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		N/A	13
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 Jan 2003	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120	LH
2	2003/04	7 Mar 2004	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-116	LH
3		10 Mar 2004	Kuopio	Puijo K-120 (night)	LH
4	2004/05	20 Mar 2005	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS 215	FH
5	2005/06	21 Jan 2006	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS 134 (night)	LH
6		18 Mar 2006	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS 215	FH
7	2007/08	17 Feb 2008	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS 145	LH
8	2009/10	28 Nov 2009	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS 142 (night)	LH

External links

• Bjoern Einar Romoeren at the International Ski Federation
• Official website
• Video of Romøren's 239 m world record jump at YouTube

Records
Preceded by Tommy Ingebrigtsen	World's longest ski jump 20 March 2005 – 20 March 2005	Succeeded by Matti Hautamäki
Preceded by Matti Hautamäki	World's longest ski jump 20 March 2005 – 11 February 2011	Succeeded by Johan Remen Evensen