Tor Håkon Holte (born 1 August 1958) is a
Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1987. He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold at the
1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in
Seefeld and finished ninth in the 50 km event at those same championships.
Holte also won the 50 km event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
History
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in 1984. His best individual finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was eight in the 15 km event in
1984
Events
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Holte's only other international victory was a 50 km event in
Lahti
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in 1985.
Holte has four individual Norwegian championships on 50 km and one on 15 km.
He is the brother of
Geir Holte, and a nephew of
Tove and
Torbjørn Paule.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
* 2 victories
* 7 podiums
Team podiums
* 1 victory
* 2 podiums
Note: Until the
1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
External links
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Holmenkollen winners since 1892- click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
1958 births
Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Living people
Norwegian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Skiers from Drammen
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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