Bente Grønli

Bente Grønli

Personal information
Full name	Bente Kristine Grønli
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1956-03-25)25 March 1956 Trondheim, Norway
Died	20 January 1996(1996-01-20) (aged 39)
Sport
Sport	Ice sledge speed racing Swimming
Medal record Representing Norway Paralympic Games Ice sledge speed racing 1980 Gelio Women's 100 m v 1980 Gelio Women's 500 m v 1980 Gelio Women's 800 m v Swimming 1976 Toronto Women's 50 m Backstroke 4 1972 Heidelberg Women's 50 m Freestyle 4 1972 Heidelberg Women's 3x25 m Medley 4 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville Women's 50 m Butterfly 4 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville Women's 400 m Freestyle 4 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville Women's 4x50 m Individual Medley 4

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.

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.