Vegard Høidalen

Vegard Høidalen
Personal information
NicknameThe Viking
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1971-05-10) 10 May 1971
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
2001 KlagenfurtBeach
Swatch FIVB World Tour
1998 BerlinBeach
2000 MarseilleBeach
2002 KlagenfurtBeach
2003 EspinhoBeach
2004 EspinhoBeach
2004 Stare JablonkiBeach
European Championships
1997 RomeBeach
1998 RhodosBeach
2000 BilbaoBeach
2001 JesoloBeach
2002 BaselBeach
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.