Erik Johnsen
Erik Johnsen ( born July 4, 1965 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian ski jumper.
Career
His first jump at the Ski Jumping World Cup denied Johnsen on 21 March 1987 at his home hill in Oslo. He has already won a World Cup point with position 15. After a mixed Four Hills Tournament 1987/88 Johnsen was on 20 January 1988 at the Swiss St. Moritz the first time with a 2nd place on the podium at a World Cup competition.
At the Olympic Winter Games in 1988, where he was the youngest athlete in the Norwegian squad at age 22, Johnsen jumped on the normal hill on the 41st place and won the large hill behind Matti Nykänen the silver medal .. In the team competition, he reached together with Ole Christian Eidhammer, Jon Inge Kjørum and Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl the bronze medal. Then he was in his home country of Fearnleys olympiske ærespris given.
Shortly after the Games he won the gold medal in Vang on the large hill at the Norwegian Championships. In his first World Cup competition in Lahti he could jump in both jumping with third place on the podium before he won his first World Cup in Meldal - jumping a week later on 18 March 1988. He repeated this feat at Holmenkollen in Oslo. They were the only two victories in the World Cup in his career. After a 12th place in the World Cup in Planica he finished the season 1987/88 on the 7th place in the overall World Cup standings.
In the 1988/89 World Cup season he was able to achieve any more success for a 2nd and 8th place in Thunder Bay. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 in Lahti, he reached the normal hill the 37th and on the large hill the 10th Place. In the Norwegian Championships 1898 in Steinkjer he won behind Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl the silver medal on the large hill.
The World Cup 1989/90 season Johnsen did not start. In the 1990/91 season he played two World Cup competitions, but remained successful and no points so that he on his home hill in Oslo ended his ski jumping career after the jump.