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Vegard Høidalen

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Vegard Høidalen
Personal information
NicknameThe Viking[1][2]
NationalityNorwegian
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 former professional beach volleyball player from Norway who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Partnering with 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-month 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]

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