About Bjørn Einar Romøren
Bjørn Einar Romøren 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. Romøren achieved his first World Cup victory in Bischofshofen during the 2002–03 Four Hills Tournament. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Pragelato, Romøren won a bronze medal in the team large hill event. On 20 March 2005, in Planica, Romøren set the world record for the sport's longest jump with a distance of 234.5 Meters which he later improved to 239 m on the same day. 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).
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