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.

Tor Håkon Holte
Country Norway
Born (1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 (age 65)
Drammen, Norway
Ski clubHokksund IL
World Cup career
Seasons7 (19821988)
Starts26
Podiums7
Wins2
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 1985)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Seefeld 4 × 10 km relay

Holte also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1984. His best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was eight in the 15 km event in 1984.

Holte's only other international victory was a 50 km event in Lahti 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 edit

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games edit

 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1984 25 8 12 4
1988 29 21 31

World Championships edit

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1985 26 13 9 Gold

World Cup edit

Season standings edit

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 23 18
1983 24 20
1984 25 4
1985 26  
1986 27 36
1987 28 38
1988 29 NC

Individual podiums edit

  • 2 victories
  • 7 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1981–82  9 January 1982   Reit im Winkl, West Germany 15 km Individual World Cup 2nd
2  1982–83  18 December 1982   Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual World Cup 2nd
3 1983–84 10 March 1984   Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual World Cup 1st
4  1984–85  15 December 1984   Davos, Switzerland 30 km Individual World Cup 3rd
5 16 February 1985   Aleko, Bulgaria 15 km Individual World Cup 2nd
6 23 February 1985   Syktyvkar, Soviet Union 15 km Individual World Cup 2nd
7 3 March 1985   Lahti, Finland 50 km Individual World Cup 1st

Team podiums edit

  • 1 victory
  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1984–85 24 January 1985   Seefeld, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay World Championships[1] 1st Monsen / Mikkelsplass / Aunli
2 10 March 1985   Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay World Cup 3rd Monsen / G. Holte / Mikkelsplass

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References edit

  1. ^ "HOLTE Tor Haakon". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links edit