Bjørn Maaseide

Bjørn Maaseide
World Tour Stavanger 2008
portrait
birthday	March 7, 1968
place of birth	Stavanger, Norway
size	1.98 m
partner	1991–2000 Jan Kvalheim 2001–2009 Iver Andreas Horrem
successes
1993 - Vice European Champion 1994 - European Champion 1994/95 - FIVB Tour Champion 1997 - Vice European Champion 1998 - Vice European Champion 1999 - third place in the European Championship
(As of August 30, 2011)

Bjørn Maaseide (born March 7, 1968 in Stavanger ) is a former Norwegian beach volleyball player . He was European champion and took part in three Olympic tournaments. His sister Kathrine Maaseide is also a successful beach volleyball player.

Career

In 1991 Maaseide formed a solid duo with his long-term partner Jan Kvalheim . Two years later, Kvalheim / Maaseide competed in the first European championship and were only subject to the French Jodard / Penigaud in the final . The Norwegians won the next European Championship tournament in Almería in the final against the Spanish duo Javier Bosma and Santiago Aguilera . They also won several open tournaments in Miami , Marseille and Berlin in the first few years . In 1994/95 they were the FIVB Tour Champions. In the 1996 World Series, they only missed the top ten in two tournaments. In the first Olympic tournament , they had to admit defeat to Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager before they survived a few more games in the losing round.

1997 in Los Angeles they came in 17th place at the first world championship. In the same year they lost the final of the European championship in Riccione against their compatriots Vegard Høidalen and Jørre André Kjemperud . In 1998 in Rhodes they repeated the result after losing to the Swiss brothers Martin and Paul Laciga . While they did not get past 25th place at the 1999 World Cup , they won their next medal as third at the European Championships in Palma , with which they stood on the podium five times at European Championships . In their second Olympic participation in Sydney in 2000 , they missed the last sixteen and finished in 19th place. They then parted ways.

Maaseide played with Iver Andreas Horrem from 2001 . The new duo had to admit defeat to future world champions Baracetti / Conde after three sets in the first main round at the World Championships in Klagenfurt . Two years later they lost in the same round in Rio de Janeiro to Christoph Dieckmann and Andreas Scheuerpflug . After taking fifth place at the European Championships in Timmendorfer Strand , Maaseide had its third Olympic tournament in Athens in 2004 , but it ended after the preliminary round. Then he announced his resignation and devoted himself to economic activities.

In 2007, however, Maaseide returned to the sand with Horrem. At the World Cup in Gstaad , there was the end in the first main round for the third time in a row, this time against the Brazilians Franco / Cunha . After the Norwegian duo failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing , Maaseide turned to the next World Cup . His commitment helped bring this event to his hometown of Stavanger, where a World Tour tournament has been held for ten years. In terms of sport, the tournament for Maaseide / Horrem ended early, which they eliminated in the preliminary round without winning a set.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Bjørn Maaseide in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jarle Brenna: Trist farvel for Maaseide. vg.no, August 19, 2004, accessed July 11, 2011 (Norwegian). 
2. ^ Henriette M. Johannesen: VM i 2009 til Stavanger. (No longer available online.) Aftenbladet, February 29, 2008, archived from the original on February 15, 2009 ; Retrieved July 11, 2011 (Norwegian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.