Tone Gravvold

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]

Tone Gravvold
Personal information
Born (1977-06-19) 19 June 1977
Surnadal, Norway
Sport
CountryNorway
Sportcross-country skiing,
biathlon,
cycling,
goalball
Medal record
Cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1994 Lillehammer5km free B2
Gold medal – first place1998 Nagano5km free B2-3
Gold medal – first place1998 Nagano3x2.5km relay open
Gold medal – first place2002 Salt Lake City3x2.5km relay open
Silver medal – second place2002 Salt Lake City7.5km
Bronze medal – third place1994 Lillehammer15km classical B2
Bronze medal – third place1998 Nagano15km classical B1-3
Bronze medal – third place2002 Salt Lake City5km classical B2-3

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

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
  1. "100 årets utøvere i Møre og Romsdal". 3 November 2019.
  2. "Intervju med Tone Gravvold". 3 July 2004. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  3. "Styret, RP-foreningen i Norge". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  4. Tormod Halleraker, Slik stanser du smertene in Dagbladet 6 October 2015.
  5. "Medaljesøk fra paralympic.org". 11 May 2010.
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