Career
In 1943, during the German occupation of Norway, Ruud was committed to Grini concentration camp for expressing his anti-Nazi sentiments. After his release in 1944, he joined the Norwegian resistance movement. He competed also in the 1948 Olympics, at age 36, winning the silver medal in ski jumping.
Twice he set ski jumping world records: 76.5 m (25098 ft) in Odnesbakken in 1931, and 92 m (30184 ft) in Planica in 1934.
Ruud was supposed to light the Olympic Flame at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, but had to forfeit due to heart complications immediately before the event.
