Gard Kvale (born 6 May 1984 in Bergen, Norway)Kvale's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-14. is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM.Kvale's result page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-14.
As of 2008, he attends Bergen University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Bergen (HiB)). HiB-student Gard Kvale deltar i Beijing (trans: BUC-student Gard Kvale participates in Beijing), published by Bergen University College website (hib.no) on 2008-08-06; retrieved 2009-07-14.
At the 2007 Norwegian Championships in Namos, Norway, he won 7 events: the 100, 200, 800 and 1500 frees, the 200 and 400 IMs, and the 200 fly.Gard Kvale Wins Seven National Titles at Norwegian National Championships; Five National Records Fall , Swimming World Magazine online; published 2007-7-16; retrieved 2009-07-14.
On July 1, 2009, he and Alexander Dale Oen were the 2 males named to Norway's 6-swimmer team for the 2009 World Championships. VM i svømmeidretter i Roma (trans: WC in swimming in Rome); published by the Norwegian Swimming Federation on 2009-07-01; retrieved 2009-07-14.
See also :no:Gard Kvale — Norsk Wikipedia entry
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