Full name Vegard Hoidalen Role Olympic athlete Name Vegard Hoidalen | Weight 94 kg (207 lb) Nickname The Viking Height 1.93 m | |
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Olympic medals Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men\'s tournament Similar People Jorre Kjemperud, Bjorn Maaseide, Iver Horrem, Jan Kvalheim, Paul Laciga | ||
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.
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