Hagbart Haakonsen (born November 15, 1895, death January 20, 1984) was a
Norwegian cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
.
He was born in
Grue, Norway.
Haakonsen shared the
Holmenkollen medal with
Einar Lindboe
Einar Fredrik Lindboe (2 June 1876 – 26 June 1953) was a Norwegian Nordic skier, skiing official and surgeon.
He was born in Vestre Aker as a son of chief physician Axel Hagbarth Lindboe (1846–1911) and Jørgine Margarethe Hagerup Angell (18 ...
in 1927. Haakonsen finished fifth in
18 km cross country event at the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
as well as at the
1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 took place February 5–9, 1929 in Zakopane, Poland.
Men's cross country 17 km
February 7, 1929
50 km
February 9, 1929
Men's Nordic combined Individual
February 5, 1929
Men's ski jum ...
. He was the first true cross-country skier to win the Holmenkollen medal.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
References
External links
*
Holmenkollen medalists- click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
1895 births
1984 deaths
People from Grue, Norway
Norwegian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway
Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen medalists
Sportspeople from Innlandet
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