- Vegard Høidalen
Beach Volleyball player infobox
fullname=Vegard Høidalen
nickname=The Viking [ [http://www.fivb.com/en/beachvolleyball/competitions/WorldChampionships/2001/Men/Klagenfurt/comp_WC_Presentation.asp World Championships, Men 2001] ,FIVB , 2001] [ [http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2003/news_archive_2003_08/378_EN.html European Championship Tour] , CEV,August 30 ,2003 ]
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1971|05|10
cityofbirth=Skien
countryofbirth=NOR
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height= convert|193|cm|ftin|abbr=on
weight= convert|94|kg|lb|abbr=on
currentteammate=Jørre Kjemperud
currentyears=1995-2004,
2008-Present
currenttours (currentpoints)=107 (6461)
years=2004-2008
teammates=Kjell Arne Gøranson
tours (points)=26 (960)
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updated=September 3, 2008Vegard Høidalen (born
May 10 ,1971 inSkien ) is a professionalbeach volleyball player fromNorway , who twice represented his native country at theSummer Olympics : 2000 and 2004. PartneringJørre Kjemperud he won the bronze medal at the 2000 European Championships inBilbao, Spain .Høidalen is currently (per August 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 is critical to how the system works. [ [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=507880 Høidalen utestengt inntil videre] (Norwegian), VG, July 3, 2008]References
External links
* [http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=438 Vegard Høidalen - Profile] at the
Beach Volleyball Database
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