Erik Håker
Erik Håker 
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| birthday | 4th March 1952 (age 68) | ||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Oppdal , Norway | ||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , giant slalom , slalom | ||||||||||||||||
| society | Oppdal IL | ||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
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Erik Håker (born March 4, 1952 in Oppdal ) is a former Norwegian ski racer . He is the first Norwegian to win a World Cup race . In 1979 he was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal .
biography
Håker grew up in his native Oppdal. Internationally, he first drew attention to himself at the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1970 in Val Gardena , when, at the age of 17, he was 10th in giant slalom and 13th in the downhill. A knee operation then interrupted his athletic development.
His breakthrough to the top of the world came in the 1971/72 Olympic season . After a botched start to the season with 33rd place in the first descent in St. Moritz , he won the Val-d'Isère giant slalom four days later . This made him the first ski racer in his country to win a World Cup race (note: the Alpine Ski World Cup has been held since the winter season 1966/67, the great successes of his Norwegian compatriot Stein Eriksen were before - this race also saw the premiere of the new Rule for the second run, according to which the first 15 started in the downward sequence after the first run.) Finally, Håker reached fifth place in the downhill at the Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo . In the giant slalom, which was driven over two days, he led after the first round, but fell the next day. Two weeks later he celebrated his second World Cup victory in the first post-Olympic giant slalom in Banff .
During the 1970s, Håker remained one of the strongest giant slalom skiers and downhill skiers in the World Cup. In total, he took a place on the podium 20 times. In the 1974/75 season he reached fifth place in the overall ranking of the World Cup. Between 1970 and 1981 he won eleven Norwegian championship titles . His only World Cup downhill victory on December 17, 1978, he had to win twice: Håker (with temporary residence in Mittersill in the Salzburgerland) had to drive again because the timekeeping had failed. Actually he had been the winner at this point in time, but the jury then decided, with 3-0 votes, to repeat the race.
In 1979 Håker was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal for his sporting merits, together with Ingemar Stenmark and Raissa Smetanina . He is only one of nine non-Nordic skiers since 1895 to receive this honor.
World Cup victories
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| December 9, 1971 | Val d'Isère | France | Giant slalom |
| February 18, 1972 | Banff | Canada | Giant slalom |
| March 12, 1973 | Naeba Ski Resort | Japan | Giant slalom |
| January 21, 1975 | Fulpmes | Austria | Giant slalom |
| 17th December 1978 | Val Gardena | Italy | Departure |
Web links
- Erik Håker in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Erik Håker in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Erik Håker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The motto is now attack. Arbeiter-Zeitung , February 10, 1972, accessed on March 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Did helicopters trigger "time salad" from Val Gardena? Arbeiter-Zeitung, December 18, 1978, accessed on March 17, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Håker, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haaker, Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oppdal , Norway |