Stian Grimseth (born 24 July 1972) is a
weightlifter from
Naustdal
Naustdal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the village of Naustdal, which has 1,188 inhabitants (2017). Other villag ...
in
Norway. He won the European Championship in 1996 and at some time held the 6th position in the world ranking.
He competed twice in the
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
(1996 and 2004), World Cup, European Cup, and in Norway. During the Sydney Olympic games in 2000, Grimseth was
suspended after failing a doping test. He served a 15 month period of ineligibility for testing positive for
nandrolone.
Grimseth won his last Norwegian championships in March 2008, before retiring.
Grimseth is an active member of the
Conservative Party.
References
Results
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Doping cases in weightlifting
Norwegian sportspeople in doping cases
Norwegian male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
People from Naustdal
Olympic weightlifters of Norway
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