Bente Grønli

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.