Erik Tysse (born 4 December 1980 in

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) is a

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. He has competed at four editions of the

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and represented

Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics Norway competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. On 10 June, the NOC selected 50 athletes for the Olympic Games. A week later, a further eight athletes were added. More selections were made on 17 June, 1 July, 1 ...

and at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He began his international career at the

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1998 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Annecy, France from July 28 to August 2. Results Men 1 Ahmed Baday of Morocco originally won the bronze medal ...

, and finishing in 17th place at his first major event – the

2002 European Athletics Championships The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany. Men's results Track 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was p ...

. He finished ninth in the men's 20 km race at the

2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup he 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 13 and 14 May 2006 in the streets of A Coruña, Spain. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF. Complete results were published. M ...

, but set a Norwegian record of 1:20:34 in the process. He was one of the top performers on the circuit in 2007 and finished second in the rankings in the

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that year. Tysse improved upon his past performance, finishing in sixth place at the

2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 10 and 11 May 2008 in the streets of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Chuvashia, Russia. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF. Complete result ...

, and he also improved his national mark to 1:19:11. Repeating his 2008 victory, he won the 2010 Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica meeting in

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, beating

Yohann Diniz Yohann Diniz (born 1 January 1978) is a French race walker. He is the current world-record holder for the 50 km race, with a time of 3:32:33, and for the 50,000 metres track walk, with a time of 3:35:27. Career He won the gold medal in the 50& ...

to the finish line. He stated his intent to reach the podium at the upcoming

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Cat ...

. Tysse is the younger brother of

Kjersti Plätzer Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (born Tysse; 18 January 1972) is a Norwegian race walker, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 20 kilometres race. She finished 12th in the same race in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athe ...

and is coached by her husband Stephan Plätzer. His idol is

Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialized in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games. He won the gold medal at the 199 ...

Doping

On 8 July 2010 Tysse was suspended from all competitions, after findings of CERA (EPO) in his blood tests from Sesto San Giovanni in Italy. Tysse has professed his innocence. He received a two-year ban for doping and the sanction was confirmed by the

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.CAS 2011/A/2353 Erik Tysse v. Norwegian Athletics Federation & International Association of Athletics Federations
The ban ended 7 July 2012.

Achievements

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Profiles of 2007 World Championships athletes
- Norwegian Athletics Association
1980 births Living people Norwegian male racewalkers Norwegian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway People from Os, Hordaland World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway Sportspeople from Vestland {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub