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.[2]
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| Full name | Grethe Monica Eikild Valen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1970[1] Skien, Norway[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was born in Skien and is the sister of Anita Valen. She was married to Svein Inge Valvik.[3][1]
She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she placed fifth, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she placed 29th.[3] She won a gold medal at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bryhn, Rolf. "Monica Valen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Monica Valvik-Valen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
External links
edit- Monica Valen at Cycling Archives
- Monica Valen at ProCyclingStats
- Monica Valen at Olympedia
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