| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 June 1977 Surnadal, Norway |
| Sport | |
| Country | Norway |
| Sport | cross-country skiing, biathlon, cycling, goalball |
Medal record | |
Tone Gravvold (born 19 June 1977) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and biathlete, and since 1998, also a cyclist. She won a dozen medals in the Paralympic Games in which she competed at between 1994 and 2006. In 2019, she was named Sportsperson of the Century for Møre og Romsdal.[1]
For the Oslo Vikings, she has competed in the Norwegian championships in goalball for the visually impaired. She has retinitis pigmentosa and competes in the B1 and B2 classes,[2] has been on the board of the RP association since 2009,[3] and works as a psychologist, in 2015 working for the National Centre for Rheumatological Rehabilitation at the Diakonhjemmet.[4]
Titles
Cross-country skiing
- 1994 Winter Paralympics (Lillehammer):
- Cross-country skiing: Gold in 5 km freestyle (B2), bronze in 10 km classic (B2)
- Biathlon: 8th in 7.5 freestyle (B1-3).
- 1998 Winter Paralympics (Nagano): Gold in 5 km freestyle (B2-3), bronze in 15 km classic (B1-3), gold in relay 3x2.5 km (open) with Frode Nilssen as lead.
- 2002 Paralympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City):
- Cross-country skiing: Bronze in 5 km classic (B2-3), gold in relay 3x2.5 (open)
- Biathlon: Silver in 7.5 km freestyle (blind)
- Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics (Torino): 11th in 10 km and 10th in 15 km (blind and visually impaired in the same class). Led by Fredrik Thomassen.[5]
Cycling
- 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney): Nr. 9 in 1000 m track (1.11.806), nr. 10 in duotempo, nr. 6 in sprint (11,861). Per Olve Tobiassen was pilot.
- 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens): (B1-3):
- Road: Nr. 2 in tandem tempo, nr. 5 in tandem joint start and nr. 4 combined. With Ingunn Bollerud pilot.
- Track cycling: Nr. 4 in 3000 m (3.46.581) and nr. 5 in 1000 m (1.13.507). With May Britt Hartwell as pilot.
- European cycling championships:
- 2005 (Alkmaar, Netherlands): Gold in tempotandem and bronze in joint start tandem with Ingunn Bollerud as pilot
- Birken: Record for tandem cycle 3.13 (2000). Pilot Per Olve Tobiassen. 4 career medal with the same pilot.
- NM: 2000 Norwegian Champion road tandem. Pilot Per Olve Tobiassen
Honours
- Erling Stordahls ærespris 2004
- Sportsperson of the Century Møre og Romsdal, 2019.[1]
References
- ^ a b "100 årets utøvere i Møre og Romsdal". 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Intervju med Tone Gravvold". 3 July 2004. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ^ "Styret, RP-foreningen i Norge". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ^ Tormod Halleraker, Slik stanser du smertene in Dagbladet 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Medaljesøk fra paralympic.org". 11 May 2010.
External links
This page was last edited on 23 June 2023, at 13:27