Sunday night, Norwegian ski jumper Anna Odine Strøm made history. 

Odine Strøm took flight in the large ski jump, winning her second gold medal of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, just one week after she won gold in the normal ski jump on February 7th.  

With Sunday’s win, Odine Strøm became the first woman in history to win two individual ski jumping medals at an Olympic Games. 

Trailblazing Parity in Ski Jumping and Beyond

Men have been competing in Olympic ski jumping since 1924. But women didn’t make their Olympic debut in ski jumping until 2014—90 years after men competed in the event. 

And even then, women were only able to compete on the normal hill, while men competed on the normal hill and large hill. 

By adding the large hill event to women’s ski jumping, the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are getting one step closer to level footing for women Winter Olympians. 

And it’s not just ski jumping. 

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are the first Winter Olympics in history that have included the large ski jump for women athletes. 

In fact, the 2026 Olympic Games have a record-setting 50 events for women. While the Games have not yet reached gender parity like the 2024 Paris Olympic Games did, 47% of this year’s Winter Olympians are women—a new Winter Olympic record. 

Odine Strøm’s Olympic Crowns

While the games took a step in the right direction for Olympic gender parity, Strøm took a flying leap in the direction of making history. 

With her performance at the games this year, Odine Strøm became the first women’s large ski jump Olympic champion in history on top of being the first woman to win two individual ski jumping gold medals at a single Olympics. 

Odine Strøm didn’t just excel on a stage. She excelled on a stage that, before this year, didn’t exist for women.  

She proved that women deserve to be on the biggest stages. And that when you give them the opportunity, women athletes will perform. 

After the win, Odine Strøm reflected on her journey. “I’ve been working so hard for this, as we all have, and I feel so incredibly lucky I get to experience this, ” she said.  

Odine Strøm not only showed her own perseverance. She also proved that women belong on all of the biggest stages. 

Odine Strøm will walk away from the 2026 Winter Olympic Games as more than just a champion. She will walk away as a woman who rewrote sports history.