Rune Høydahl (born 10 December 1969) is a Norwegian former

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. He won 11

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races, and three times came second overall. Besides

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, 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

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and the

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. 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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1969 births Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Norway Living people Cross-country mountain bikers Norwegian mountain bikers Downhill mountain bikers Sportspeople from Buskerud {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub