Alexander Dale Oen
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Nationality | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Øygarden, Norway | 21 May 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 April 2012 Flagstaff, Arizona, United States | (aged 26)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bærumsvømmerne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexander Dale Oen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑɫɛkˈsɑ̀ndər ˈdɑ̀ːɫə ˈùːən]; 21 May 1985 – 30 April 2012)[3] was a Norwegian swimmer. He represented the clubs Vestkantsvømmerne (1995–2010) and Bærumsvømmerne (2011–2012). Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.
Dale Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh in the 100-metre breaststroke during the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. During the European short-course Championships in December the same year, he swam the 100 m breaststroke in 59.05 seconds, placing fourth and setting a new Nordic Record. He became the first Norwegian to swim this distance in less than 1 minute. At the Norwegian Short Course Championships two months later, he bettered that time to 58.81, a world best mark for the year.
On 30 April 2012, at around 19:50
Competitions
This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2012) |
At the
Dale Oen won his first short-course medal at the
Dale Oen repeated the feat of doing better in the semifinal than the final at the
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Dale Oen earned Norway's first ever Olympic medal in swimming, placing second in the 100 m breaststroke final.[9]
During the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, Dale Oen won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke with the time 58.71, 0.71 seconds ahead of Fabio Scozzoli.[10] This was Norway's first gold medal at a World Championship in swimming.[9] Dale Oen's win was highly publicized because of his emotional response at the award ceremony because of the Oslo attacks a few days earlier.[11]
Personal bests
Long course (50 m)
Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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50 m breaststroke | 27.20 | NR(†) | 25 Jul 2011 | World Championships | Shanghai, China | |
100 m breaststroke | 58.71 | NR | 25 Jul 2011 | World Championships | Shanghai, China | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:09.68 | NR | 12 Aug 2010 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Short course (25 m)
Event | Time |
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Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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50 m breaststroke | 27.13 | (h) | 12 Apr 2008 | World SC Championships | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
100 m breaststroke | 58.14 | NR | 10 Apr 2008 | World SC Championships
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Manchester, United Kingdom | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:08.28 | NR | 16 Dec 2007 | European SC Championships
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Debrecen, Hungary | |
100 m individual medley | 55.34 | 20 Apr 2008 | Norwegian SC Championships | Stavanger, Norway |
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Death
On 30 April 2012, Dale Oen collapsed in the shower at his training camp in
Tribute
On 2 August 2012, Hungarian swimmer
References
- ^ "Dale Oen takes Silver in 100 metre breaststroke". Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- ^ "Svømmeren Alexander Dale Oen er død". Aftenbladet. 21 May 1985. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ Liss Goril Anda Norwegian journalist (1 May 2012). "Norwegian swimming champion Alexander Dale Oen dies". BBC. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Alexander Dale Oen dies after cardiac arrest at training camp". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Olympic swimmer Alexander Dale Oen found dead at age 26". Fox. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "2006 FINA Short Course World Championships - Men's 100 m breaststroke (final results)" (PDF). OmegaTiming.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "2006 European Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 m breaststroke (final results)" (PDF). OmegaTiming.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Norway mourns swimmer's death". NewsinEnglish.no. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "Norwegian Swimmer Alexander Dale Oen Dies After Cardiac Arrest at US Training Camp". Sky News. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Gyurta elküldi aranya másolatát elhunyt társa családjának". nso.hu. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "Historien bak arenaen: Veien mot målet". AdO arena. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Her åpnes ADO Arena". Bergens Tidende. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.