Stian Grimseth (born 24 July 1972) is a weightlifter from Naustdal in Norway. He won the European Championship in 1996 and at some time held the 6th position in the world ranking.
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He competed twice in the Olympics (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.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Nyval på fylkesårsmøtet i Sogn og Fjordane Høgre". Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
External links
edit- Stian Grimseth at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Stian Grimseth at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Stian Grimseth at Olympedia