Alexander Dale Oen

Alexander Dale Oen was a Norwegian breaststroke swimmer, born in 1985 and raised in the Bergen area, who became the first Norwegian swimmer to win an Olympic medal when he took silver in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Games. He had already made his Olympic debut at Athens in 2004. Before that he broke through internationally with a bronze at the 2006 short course World Championships, the first Norwegian swimming world medal in 28 years, and later added world and European gold medals in the 100 metre event, along with Olympic, European and Nordic records. He swam for the clubs Vestkantsvømmerne and Bærumsvømmerne. He died on 30 April 2012 of a heart attack caused by undetected coronary heart disease while at a training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, at the age of 26.