Tag: Alexander Dale Oen
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The Dale Oen Experience with Robin Dale Oen | Inside With Brett Hawke
This week Brett welcomes Robin Dale Oen on the show to talk about his late brother Alexander Dale Oen, the Norwegian Olympic swimmer who tragically passed away in 2012 at the age of 26. Robin and Alexander grew up swimming together and dreamed of competing in the Olympics. While Robin had success as a sprinter,…
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The Norwegians are back in Flagstaff
For the first time since Alexander Dale Oen passed in 2012, the Norwegian national team is back in Flagstaff, Arizona. As national coach Petter Løvberg puts it, they need to move forward in his memory, and also to go back as part of that process.
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A GP would have discovered Alexander Dale Oen’s illness, says older brother Robin
Robin Dale Oen believes that the life of his brother Alexander could have saved, and criticises the support team for failing to notice his heart disease, instead believing that his symptoms were because of a pinched nerve. – “If we weren’t athletes, if we were like the man in the street, then Alexander would definitely…
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Alexander Dale Oen honored with music video and memorial in Øygarden
The Norwegian public broadcasting company NRK has the video, that was shown during the unveiling of a statue of Alexander Dale Oen in Øygarden where Alex hailed from. The song is performed by 18-year-old Isabel Park from Øygarden, who made the song together with her mom.
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Alexander Dale Oen Arena opens in Bergen
Today in Bergen, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg officially opened the impressive AdO arena svimming facility, named after Alexander Dale Oen. Solberg mentioned Alex in her opening speech: ‘A person is missing here today. Norway’s undisputed top swimmer who passed away far too early, barely 27 years old. A great athlete, arguably one of the greatest.’ Images…
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It’s Official: New Bergen Swim Facility To Be Named The ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’
See for instance simma.nu/no and bergen.no Bergen City Council today announced the official name of the new and impressive Olympic sized swimming & diving facility in Bergen, Norway, to be named the ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’, or ‘ADO Arena’ for short. It’s working title had until now been ‘Helleren‘, with growing support though for it…
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‘We have to start all over again’, says Norwegian national coach Petter Løvberg
Read full post on SwimmingWorld Just 18 months after the death of Norwegian swimming star Alexander Dale Oen, elite swimming in Norway is at a standstill national head coach Petter Lovberg admitted to NRK.no recently. “It’s in the cards that we now have to start all over again,” Lovberg said of the greatest challenge of his…
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Pay homage to Alex today by being extra positive
The Norwegian Swimming Federation has this message to us all here on Facebook, that I’ve tried to translate as best as possible below. Strong people, the Norwegians. Today it is one year since we got the sad and incomprehensible message from Flagstaff that Alexander Dale Oen was dead. We hope that everyone will remember him…
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CC photo #486: Me and Alex at the Budapest 2010 Europeans
Me and Alexander Dale Oen at the LEN 2010 European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, the day after he had won the men’s 100 breaststroke in a new championship record of 59.20. Today is one year since his passing.