Halvor Egner Granerud

Halvor Egner Granerud (born 29 May 1996) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He has won 12 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. He also achieved his first medal at the World Championships in Oberstdorf 2021, by winning silver in the mixed team Normal Hill.

Halvor Egner Granerud
CountryNorway
Born (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996
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 wins13
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums23
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts112
Team starts13
Overall titles1 (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
2021 OberstdorfMixed NH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
2020 PlanicaTeam
2020 PlanicaIndividual
2022 VikersundTeam
Updated on 13 March 2022.

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 4 March, due to some competitions being cancelled.[14]

2021/22 World Cup

In the first competition of the season, Halvor finished third. The following day, Halvor would win his first competition of the season.[15]

Personal life

Granerud's great-grandfather is Norwegian children's writer Thorbjørn Egner.[16]

Record

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
2019 Seefeld – 33 5 –
2021 Oberstdorf 4 – –

FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Event Individual Team
2020 Planica

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2015/16 —55—N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 42323745N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 2024202219N/A21
2018/19 1535243714N/A30
2019/20 61——64——N/A
2020/21 419N/AN/A10
2021/22 46N/AN/A8

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2020/2129 November 2020   RukaRukatunturi HS142 (night)LH
2 5 December 2020   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH
3 6 December 2020   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH
4 19 December 2020   EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 (night)LH
5 20 December 2020   EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 (night)LH
6 10 January 2021   Titisee-NeustadtHochfirstschanze HS142 (night)LH
7 30 January 2021   WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night)LH
8 31 January 2021   WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night)LH
9 6 February 2021   KlingenthalVogtland Arena HS140LH
10 7 February 2021   KlingenthalVogtland Arena HS140LH
11 14 February 2021   ZakopaneWielka Krokiew HS140LH
12 2021/2221 November 2021   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH

Individual starts (112)
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 0
– DQ – – – – – – 46 36 – – q – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2016/17 50
36 32 q – – – – 28 47 34 37 50 47 – – – – 45 26 23 16 q 22 21 q –
2017/18 280
24 22 33 18 37 5 19 23 16 21 32 25 9 17 19 – 12 12 14 11 28 20
2018/19 422
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 8
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 31 23 – – q q
2020/21 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
2021–22 1176
3 1 q q 48 2 5 7 6 2 8 3 2 2 25 4 7 2 5 2 1 4 24 9

Podiums
Season Podiums
Medals Total
2015/16----
2016/17----
2017/18----
2018/19----
2019/20----
2020/21112-13
2021/22 1 6 2 9
Total128222

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Additional Ski Flying competition in Planica". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. "Halvor Egner Granerud wins in Nizhny Tagil". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  16. "Hoppukedebutanten er Thorbjørn Egners oldebarn". NRK. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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