medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's athletics geir moen
 26 june 1969
geir moen

geir moen -lrb- born 26 june 1969 in oslo -rrb- is a former sprinter from moss , norway who specialized in the 200 metres .
he represented moss il .
his international senior debut came at the 1989 european indoor championships .
at the 1994 european championships he made his breakthrough as he won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the silver medal in the 100 metres .
these were norway 's first european sprint medals since haakon w. tranberg in 1946 .
the same year he finished third in 200 m at the 1994 iaaf world cup .
the next year he won the 200 m at the 1995 world indoor championships and finished sixth at the 1995 world championships .
he reached an international final for the last time as he finished fourth at the 1998 european championships .
his last international championship was the 2002 european championships , where he reached the semi final .
he also competed at the 1996 and 2000 summer olympics without reaching the final .
he became norwegian champion in 100 metres in the years 1989 , 1993 -- 1999 and 2002 and in the 200 metres in the years 1988 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 -- 1999 and 2002 .
