Anders Bardal (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈɑ̂nːəʂ ˈbɑ̀ːɖɑːɫ];[verification needed] born 24 August 1982) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.

Anders Bardal
Bardal in Engelberg, 2014
Country Norway
Born (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 (age 41)
Steinkjer, Norway
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Personal best230 m (750 ft)
Planica, 15 March 2008
World Cup career
Seasons20012015
Starts287
Podiums34
Wins7
Overall titles1 (2012)
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career edit

He participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 25th on the individual large hill. He was also part of the Norwegian team that finished ninth on the team large hill at those same games. Bardal won his first individual Ski jumping World Cup event in Zakopane on 27 January 2008.

He won four silver medals in the team large hill event at the Ski Jumping World Championships (2007, 2009, and two medals on both normal and large hills in 2011). At the 2008 Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf, he won a bronze in the team event, and in 2010, in the team event as well, he achieved a silver. Same year, he was part of the Norwegian team that won bronze in the team large hill at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

In 2012 he won the overall World Cup, becoming the first Norwegian to win it since Espen Bredesen in 1993/94. A year later, at the 2013 Ski Jumping World Championships in Val di Fiemme, he won a gold medal on the normal hill.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won a bronze in the individual normal hill event. He currently lives in Trondheim with his wife, and their daughter and son. He studies at Trondheim Business School. Bardal retired from ski jumping at the end of the 2014/15 season.

World Cup edit

Standings edit

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT
2000/01 53 N/A 22
2001/02 36 35 N/A 15
2002/03 42 34 N/A 44
2003/04 32 33 N/A 16
2004/05 54 N/A 41
2005/06 27 38 N/A 36
2006/07 16 23 N/A 15
2007/08 5 7 N/A 5
2008/09 10 29 10 16
2009/10 36 33 16
2010/11 14 16 17 N/A
2011/12   4 5 N/A
2012/13   5 19 N/A
2013/14 4 6 N/A
2014/15 18 20 N/A

Wins edit

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2007/08 27 January 2008     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 LH
2 2011/12 17 December 2011     Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 LH
3 15 January 2012     Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm HS200 FH
4 12 February 2012     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH
5 2012/13 9 January 2013     Wisła Malinka HS134 (night) LH
6 2013/14 19 January 2014     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 LH
7 7 March 2014     Trondheim Granåsen HS140 (night) LH

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