Alexander Dale Oen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian swimmer
Date of Birth: 21-May-1985
Place of Birth: Øygarden, Hordaland, Norway
Date of Death: 30-Apr-2012
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: Norway
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Alexander Dale Oen
- Alexander Dale Oen (Norwegian pronunciation: [?l?k's?nd?r 'd??l? 'u??n]; 21 May 1985 – 30 April 2012) was a Norwegian swimmer.
- He represented the clubs Vestkantsvømmerne (1995–2010) and Bærumsvømmerne (2011–2012).
- Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship. Dale Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh in the 100-metre breaststroke during the 2005 World Aquatics Championships.
- During the European short-course Championships in December the same year, he swam the 100 m breaststroke in 59.05 seconds, placing fourth and setting a new Nordic Record.
- He became the first Norwegian to swim this distance in less than 1 minute.
- At the Norwegian Short Course Championships two months later, he bettered that time to 58.81, a world best mark for the year. On 30 April 2012, at around 19:50 MST Dale Oen was found unconscious in his hotel bathroom after having suffered a heart attack, caused by chronic, undetected coronary heart disease, a rare disease for a person of his age and fitness.
- He was found in his bathroom by one of his teammates, and CPR was performed before Dale Oen was brought to Flagstaff Medical Center.
- He was pronounced dead at 21:00 MST.
- Dale Oen was attending a training camp with the Norwegian swimming team in Flagstaff, Arizona at the time of his death.
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