Background
Hauge was born in Sandane at the west coast of Norway.
Hauge was born in Sandane at the west coast of Norway.
He got his Bachelor of Science in kinesiology at UTEP.
He represented Gloppen Athletics club He is since July 2013 Principal at Kuben Upper Secondary School in Oslo. He was offered a scolarship from University of Texas at El Paso and entered the Track and field program there.
After his athletic career he worked as a sports teacher at Bjerke Upper Secondary School in Oslo.
He got his Master for management fra Business intelligence Norwegian Business School in 2009 and moved up to director of school development at the same school. In July 2013 he became Principal for Oslos largest secondary school, Kuben Upper Secondary School.
He finished eleventh at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In addition he competed at the 1994 European Championships and the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final round.
In 1994 hauge finished runner up at the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships at Boise, Idaho, passing the 20 metres (66 ft) limit for the first time with 20.07 meters (658 ft).
This ranks him fifth among Norwegian shot putters, behind Lars Arvid Nilsen, Georg Andersen, January Sagedal and Knut Hjeltnes. In June 1998 Hauge tested positive for the anabolic steroid Metandienone. He admitted to having used the substance, and retired.
Major competitions
IAAF profile.
He became Norwegian shot put champion in 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997 He lost only to Brent Noon, beating the upcoming World champion John Godina with more than 50 centimetres (20 in). His personal best in shot put was 20.39 metres (669 ft), achieved in May 1998 in Eugene. His personal best in discus throw was 63.10 metres (2070 ft), achieved in June 1997 in Tønsberg.
