Erik Håker

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. Håker became the first Norwegian to win a World Cup Alpine event in 1971. He would win four more World Cup events, his last in 1978. 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.)

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Victory

Data	Place	Discipline
9 Dec 1971	Val d'Isere	Giant Slalom
18 Feb 1972	Banff	Giant Slalom
12 Mar 1973	Naeba	Giant Slalom
21 Jan 1975	Fulpmes	Giant Slalom
17 Dec 1978	Val Gardena	Downhill

References

• Erik Haaker at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Norway skiing history
• Sapporo 1972 Olympic results (French)
• TV Profile (Norwegian)