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.

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, has been on the board of the RP association since 2009, and works as a psychologist, in 2015 working for the National Centre for Rheumatological Rehabilitation at the Diakonhjemmet.

Tone Gravvold

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.

Tone Gravvold

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

Tone Gravvold

Honours

Erling Stordahls ærespris 2004

Sportsperson of the Century Møre og Romsdal, 2019.

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Living people

1977 births

Paralympic cross-country skiers for Norway

Paralympic cyclists for Norway

Paralympic biathletes for Norway

Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Norwegian psychologists

Norwegian female cyclists

Norwegian female cross-country skiers

Norwegian female biathletes

Norwegian disabled sportspeople

Paralympic gold medalists for Norway

Paralympic silver medalists for Norway

Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway

Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

People from Surnadal

Scientists with disabilities