Anita Valen (born 12 December 1968) is a Norwegian

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship six times. She was born in

Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn w ...

, and is the sister of

Monica Valvik Grethe Monica Eikild Valen (born 15 September 1970) is a Norwegian racing cyclist. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship five times in the 1990s. She was born in Porsgrunn, and is the sister of Anita Valen. She was married to ...

. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the

2004 UCI Road World Championships The 2004 UCI Road World Championships took place in Verona, Italy, between 27 September and 3 October 2004. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women. Events summary {{ ...

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* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Porsgrunn Norwegian female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Norway Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century Norwegian women {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub

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