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Vegard Høidalen

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Vegard Høidalen
Personal information
NicknameThe Viking[1][2]
Born (1971-05-10) 10 May 1971 (age 53)
Skien, Norway
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate Tours (points)
1995–2004,
2008-Present		 Jørre Kjemperud 107 (6461)
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points)
2004–2008 Kjell Arne Gøranson 26 (960)
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Klagenfurt Beach
Swatch FIVB World Tour
Gold medal – first place 1998 Berlin Beach
Silver medal – second place 2000 Marseille Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Klagenfurt Beach
Silver medal – second place 2003 Espinho Beach
Silver medal – second place 2004 Espinho Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Stare Jablonki Beach
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Rome Beach
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Rhodos Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Bilbao Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Jesolo Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Basel Beach
Last updated: 3 September 2008

Vegard Høidalen (born 10 May 1971 in Skien) is a professional beach volleyball player from Norway, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Partnering Jørre Kjemperud he won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Høidalen was for a period in 2008 suspended from beach volleyball, because of three violations within an 18 months period, of Antidoping Norge's requirements regarding athlete availability for out-of-competition testing, which includes failure to provide whereabouts information. Høidalen was critical to how the system works.[3]

References

  1. ^ World Championships, Men 2001, FIVB, 2001
  2. ^ European Championship Tour, CEV, 30 August 2003
  3. ^ Høidalen utestengt inntil videre (Norwegian), VG, 3 July 2008


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