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Rune Høydahl

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Rune Høydahl
Høydahl in 2011
Personal information
Born (1969-12-10) 10 December 1969 (age 55)
Drammen, Norway
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineMountain bike
Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Professional teams
1995–2002Giant Bicycles
2006–2009Team Etto/Høydahl
2010Giant–United Bakeries
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Mountain bike racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Cairns Cross-country

Rune Høydahl (born 10 December 1969) is a Norwegian former mountain biker. He won 11 UCI World Cup races, and three times came second overall. Besides John Tomac, Hoydahl is the only mountain biker with World Cup victories in both downhill and cross country.

In 1995 Høydahl won five World Cup races in a row. He represented Norway at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In addition, he won the Norseman triathlon in 2004 after having retired. He was also the captain of his own professional mountain bike team - Team Etto/Høydahl. He lives in Sande, 20 km south of Drammen.

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