Lars Erik Eriksen

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Lars Erik Eriksen Cross-country skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 29th December 1954 (age 65)
place of birth Oslo , Norway
Career
society Bjerke
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1980 Lake Placid Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1978 Lahti Season
gold 1982 Oslo Season
silver 1982 Oslo 30 km freestyle
bronze 1982 Oslo 50 km classic
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 9, 1982
 World Cup victories in individual 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 8. ( 1983/84 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 1 2 1
 

Lars Erik Eriksen (born December 29, 1954 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier .

Career

Eriksen won the gold medal in the relay competition with the Norwegian team at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1982 . Over the 30 kilometers he was able to fight for the silver medal and over the 50 kilometers the bronze medal. He had previously won the bronze medal with the team in 1978 and the silver medal in 1980 .

At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , he again won the silver medal with the Norwegian team.

Before the introduction of the Cross-Country World Cup in 1982, Eriksen took second place in the unofficial World Cup overall ranking in 1978 and 1979. In 1980 he was third again. Eriksen won his only World Cup competition in 1984 in Lahti, Finland . There he won over Thomas Wassberg over the 15-kilometer distance.

Eriksen was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 1984.

successes

Norwegian championships

  • 1978 : Silver over 30 km
  • 1979 : Silver over 50 km, silver with the relay, bronze over 15 km
  • 1980 : Gold over 50 km, gold with the relay, bronze over 30 km
  • 1981 : Gold with the relay, bronze over 50 km
  • 1982 : Silver over 50 km, silver with the relay
  • 1983 : Gold over 15 km, gold over 30 km, gold with the relay
  • 1984 : Gold over 50 km, silver with the relay

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. March 2, 1984 FinlandFinland Lahti 15 km

World Cup overall placements

season space Points
1981/82 11. 55
1982/83 29 28
1983/84 8th. 70
1984/85 51. 6th

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personal data
SURNAME Eriksen, Lars Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo