Erik Håker

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Erik Håker (born March 4, 1952) is a Norwegian alpine skier from Oppdal who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. That same year, Håker became the first Norwegian to win a World Cup Alpine event. He would win two more World Cup events, his last in 1979. For his Alpine World Cup success, Håker earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1979. (Shared with Ingemar Stenmark and Raisa Smetanina.) Håker is one of only eleven non-nordic skiers to ever win the Holmenkollen medal (Stein Eriksen, King Haakon VII, Boghild Niskin, Inger Bjørnbakken, Astrid Sandvik, King Olav V, Jacob Vaage, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja (all from Norway); and Stenmark (Sweden) are the others.)

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Preceded by
Helena Takalo, Hilkka Riihivuori, & Walter Steiner		 Holmenkollen medal with Ingemar Stenmark & Raisa Smetanina
1979		 Succeeded by
Thomas Wassberg
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