Bente Grønli Explained

Bente Grønli
Fullname:	Bente Kristine Grønli
Nationality:	Norwegian
Birth Date:	25 March 1956
Birth Place:	Trondheim, Norway
Sport:	Ice sledge speed racing Swimming

Bente Kristine Grønli (born 25 March 1956 in Trondheim - died 20 January 1996) was a Norwegian disability athlete who participated in the Paralympic Winter Games once and Paralympic Summer Games three times for Norway. She has won a total of 10 medals in swimming and ice sledge speed racing. She participated in several sports, but it was swimming that was her favorite. Bente worked as a sport science consultant at the Norwegian Handicap Sports Association for 15 years.

Grønli was paralyzed by Poliomyelitis when she was three years old.^[1]

Honours

• Paralympic Summer Games, 1972
  • Silver in swimming, 50 m freestyle technique
  • Silver in swimming, 75 m medley
  • Bronze in swimming, 50 m back
• Paralympic Summer Games, 1976
  • Gold in swimming, 50 m back
• 1980 Winter Paralympics
  • Silver in ice sledge speed racing, 100 m
  • Silver in ice sledge speed racing, 500 m
  • Silver in ice sledge speed racing, 800 m
• Paralympic Summer Games, 1984
  • Bronze in swimming, 50 m butterfly
  • Bronze in swimming, 400 m freestyle technique
  • Bronze in swimming, 200 m medley

At the Paralympic Winter Games in 1980, she won gold in Class 1 wheelchair dance performance together with Thor E. Kleppe. She also had good results in other international competitions in wheelchair dancing.^[2]

References

1. Aftenposten - Obituary (1 February 1996, p.19)
2. Web site: Dance club Freestyle - Merit List 1977-1999 . 2017-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092651/http://www.rullestoldans.no/pages/meritt1.htm . 2015-09-24 . dead .