Rune Høydahl is a former Norwegian

Norway

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 mountain biker

Mountain biking

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. He won 11 World Cup races, and three times came second overall. He 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

1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

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 and the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney

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. In addition, he won the Norseman triathlon

Norseman triathlon

The Norseman xtreme triathlon is a non-Ironman branded triathlon, point to point, race held in Norway annually. The distances are equivalent to those of an Ironman race with the swim starting from the loading bay of a car ferry, through the water of the Hardangerfjord fjord to the local town,...

in 2004 after having retired. He is now captain of his own professional mountain bike team - Team Etto/Høydahl. He lives in Sande, 20km south of Drammen.