Gard Kvale Explained

Gard Kvale
Strokes:Freestyle, IM
Club:Bergens Svømme Club
Birth Date:6 May 1984
Birth Place:Bergen, Norway

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

— Norsk Wikipedia entry

References


Notes and References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kv/gard-kvale-1.html Kvale's entry
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080903081707/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/210994.shtml Kvale's result page
  3. 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. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/15159.asp Gard Kvale Wins Seven National Titles at Norwegian National Championships; Five National Records Fall
  5. 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.