Nila HÃ¥kedal

Nila Ann Hakedal ( born June 13, 1979 in Kristiansand ) is a former Norwegian beach volleyball player.

Career

Hakedal began at the age of 13 years with the volleyball at Hanes VBK and in 1999 because of their language study to Oslo, where she was active for the Koll VC. In parallel, she started her career in 1995 playing beach volleyball. Her first partner was Lise Roald Hansen, with whom she in 2000 and 2001 at Challenger tournaments in Xylokastro, the Grand Slam in Marseille and at the Espinho Open gained international experience. The following year Hakedal graduated in Madrid to their first tournament with her long -time partner Ingrid Tørlen. In 2003, the duo placed ninth at the European Championships in Alanya and 17th place at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. A year later ended Hakedal / Tørlen the continental tournament in Timmendorfer beach at No. 19 The same result there was at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. The second World Cup finals ended in 2005 in Berlin again on the 17th rank. Reached in 2006, the two Norwegians in twelve international tournaments in Series Top Ten rankings. At the beginning of the following year they succeeded in Shanghai for the first time the collection in a playoff; they were subject to the Chinese women Jia Tian / Jie Wang only in the tiebreak with 13:15. After 17th place at the World Championships in Gstaad they celebrated shortly after at the European Championships in Valencia as a third party until then their greatest success. The next continental tournament went even better. 2008 in Hamburg lost Hakedal / Tørlen the final against the German duo Sara Goller / Laura Ludwig, after they had previously defeated their compatriots Glesnes / Maaseide in the semifinals. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 they made it in ninth also in the top ten, while at the World Cup on home soil ranged in Stavanger 2009, only the 17th place. After the ninth place at the European Championship in Sochi Hakedal be adopted in the same year at the Phuket Open from international tournaments.