Bente Kristine Grønli (born 25 March 1956 in

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- 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

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when she was three years old.''

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'' - Obituary (1 February 1996, p.19)

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

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References

1956 births 1996 deaths Sportspeople from Trondheim Norwegian female backstroke swimmers Norwegian female butterfly swimmers Norwegian female freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Norway Ice sledge speed racers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in ice sledge speed racing Paralympic medalists in swimming 20th-century Norwegian women 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-swimming-bio-stub