Gudrun Høie Explained

Gudrun Høie
Birth Date:13 July 1970
Birth Place:Kristiansund, Norway
Sport:Wrestling

Gudrun Anette Høie (born 13 July 1970) is a Norwegian sport wrestler from Kristiansund.

She won a gold medal in the FILA Wrestling World Championships in 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1998, a silver medal in 1991, and bronze in 1999. She was European champion in sumo wrestling in 1998. She has won the National Championships nine times.[1]

She became known in Norway, when she, as the first in Norway, was suspended from her sport for not having revealed her whereabouts to the national anti-doping agency. The suspension lasted from April to November 2007, and destroyed her form for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

She stands tall. Outside of sport, she works as a physician in Kristiansund.[2] She represented the club Kristiansund AK.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Gudrun Høie . Rolf. Bryhn . Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo . Henriksen, Petter . Norwegian . 31 October 2009 .
  2. News: Form i fritt fall. Sivertsen. Øyvind Stople. 18 November 2007. Aftenposten. 36. Norwegian.