Jan Kvalheim

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Jan Kvalheim (born 5 February 1963 in Skien, Norway) is a former beach volleyball player who represented Norway at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. His partner was Bjørn Maaseide, with whom he won several medals at the European Championships in the 1990s and became world champion in the 1994–1995 season. The duo earned seven wins on the FIVB World Tour. Kvalheim played professional volleyball in France for Arago Sète (1984–1989) and AS Cannes (1989–1992); he won the French championship twice with Cannes and the French Cup in 1988 with Arago Sète. He now runs Kvalheim/Maaseide, part of World Event, and was the personal manager for John Arne Riise, who played for Fulham. He also served as the press director for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stavanger in 2009.