Gard Kvale

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Gard Kvale
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Born (1984-05-06) May 6, 1984 (age 40)
Bergen, Norway
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
StrokesFreestyle, IM
ClubBergens Svømme Club

Gard Kvale (born 6 May 1984 in Bergen, Norway) [1] is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM. [2]

As of 2008, he attends Bergen University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Bergen (HiB)). [3]

At the 2007 Norwegian Championships in Namos, Norway, he won 7 events: the 100, 200, 800 and 1500 frees, the 200 and 400 IMs, and the 200 fly. [4]

On July 1, 2009, he and Alexander Dale Oen were the 2 males named to Norway's 6-swimmer team for the 2009 World Championships. [5]

See also

(in Norwegian) no:Gard Kvale — Norsk Wikipedia entry

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References

  1. Kvale's entry Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-14.
  2. Kvale's result page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-14.
  3. (in Norwegian) HiB-student Gard Kvale deltar i Beijing (trans: BUC-student Gard Kvale participates in Beijing), published by Bergen University College website (hib.no) on 2008-08-06; retrieved 2009-07-14.
  4. Gard Kvale Wins Seven National Titles at Norwegian National Championships; Five National Records Fall Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine , Swimming World Magazine online; published 2007-7-16; retrieved 2009-07-14.
  5. (in Norwegian) VM i svømmeidretter i Roma (trans: WC in swimming in Rome); published by the Norwegian Swimming Federation on 2009-07-01; retrieved 2009-07-14.