Rune Velta
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Rune Velta | |
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Country | Norwegian |
Full name | Rune Velta |
Born | 19 July 1989 |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Personal best | 243 m (797 ft) Vikersund, 26 February 2012 |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 2010–2016 |
Podiums | 6 |
Rune Velta (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈrʉ̂ːnə ˈvɛ̀ltɑ]; born 19 July 1989) is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
Career
On 25 February 2012, Velta finished second in the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund, behind winner Robert Kranjec. He made his World Cup debut in March 2010 in Oslo, where he finished 43rd. The week before he had recorded his best placements in the Continental Cup, with a sixth and a fifth place in the same city. He first finished among the top 30 in the World Cup with a 17th place from December 2010 in Lillehammer. This was followed by 10th place the next day.[1]
He hails from Bærums Verk, and represents Lommedalens IL.[1]
References
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- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Pages with Norwegian IPA
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Skiers from Bærum
- Norwegian male ski jumpers
- Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- All stub articles
- Norwegian ski jumping biography stubs