Gard Kvale

Gard Kvale

Personal information
Nationality	Norway
Born	(1984-05-06) May 6, 1984 (age 40) Bergen, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, IM
Club	Bergens 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

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.