Gudrun Høie

Gudrun Høie
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Women's Freestyle wrestling
World Championships
1989 -57 kg
1990 -57 kg
1993 -57 kg
1998 -57 kg
1991 -57 kg
1999 -57 kg

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 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) tall. Outside of sport, she works as a physician in Kristiansund.[2] She represented the club Kristiansund AK.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bryhn, Rolf. "Gudrun Høie". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 Sivertsen, Øyvind Stople (18 November 2007). "Form i fritt fall". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 36.
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