Tor Håkon Holte

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
Drammen, Norway
Ski clubHokksund IL
World Cup career
Seasons7 (1982–1988)
Individual wins2
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums7
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts26
Team starts3
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

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

Olympic Games
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1984258—124
198829—2131—

World Championships
  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   15 km   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198526—139Gold

Season standings
 Season   Age  Overall
19822318
19832420
1984254
1985262nd place, silver medalist(s)
19862736
19872838
198829NC

Individual podiums
  • 2 victories
  • 7 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1981–82 9 January 1982West Germany Reit im Winkl, West Germany15 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
2 1982–83 18 December 1982Switzerland Davos, Switzerland15 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
31983–8410 March 1984Norway Oslo, Norway50 km IndividualWorld Cup1st
4 1984–85 15 December 1984Switzerland Davos, Switzerland30 km IndividualWorld Cup3rd
516 February 1985Bulgaria Aleko, Bulgaria15 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
623 February 1985Soviet Union Syktyvkar, Soviet Union15 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
73 March 1985Finland Lahti, Finland50 km IndividualWorld Cup1st

Team podiums
  • 1 victory
  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
11984–8524 January 1985Austria Seefeld, Austria4 × 10 km RelayWorld Championships[1]1stMonsen / Mikkelsplass / Aunli
210 March 1985Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km RelayWorld Cup3rdMonsen / G. Holte / Mikkelsplass

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

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