Audun Grønvold
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| Born | 28 February 1976 Hamar, Norway[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 July 2025 (aged 49) Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vang Skiløperforening[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Audun Grønvold (28 February 1976 – 16 July 2025) was a Norwegian alpine and freestyle skier, born in Hamar.
He won national titles in both downhill and ski cross. Internationally, he won bronze medals in ski cross both at the Olympics and at the world championships. After his active career he coached the Norwegian national ski cross team.
Career
[edit]Grønvold won a bronze medal in ski cross at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005.[2] He won the Ski Cross World Cup in 2007.[3] He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he won a bronze medal in the men's ski cross.[4] A third place in downhill was his best World Cup achievement.[3]
Grønvold won national titles in both alpine skiing (downhill) and freestyle skiing (ski cross), winning the Norwegian championship in downhill in 2003 and 2004,[5]: 128 and becoming Norwegian champion in ski cross in 2005 and 2006.[5]: 135 He won another national title in ski cross in 2010, which also earned him the Kongepokal trophy.[6]
Grønvold retired as active athlete in 2010, due to injury problems. After his active career, he was assigned as coach for the Norwegian national ski cross team from 2010 to 2012.[6] He later established the company Grønvold Sports for selling sports equipment, and worked as a media consultant for Egmont Publishing.[7]
Death
[edit]Grønvold died aged 49, on 16 July 2025, after being struck by lightning several days earlier, on 12 July, whilst on a cabin trip.[6][8][7] He was survived by his wife and three children.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Audun Grønvold". olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Results. Ruka (FIN). Ski Cross (Final)". fis-ski.com. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ a b Skjerdingstad, Anders (16 February 2007). "Grønvold vant verdenscupen". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Audun Grønvold". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b Schanke, Tom A (2007). Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
- ^ a b c Skjerdingstad, Anders; Steien, Vegard Kjøllmoen; Fahrendorff, Sara Sivertsen (16 July 2025). "Audun Grønvold er død" (in Norwegian). Norsk rikskringkasting. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Rognstad, Otto Hansen (16 July 2025). "HA: Tidligere skicrossutøver Audun Grønvold er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ Frengstad, Jan Morten; Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (16 July 2025). "(+) Audun Grønvold (49) er død: – Savnet etter deg er enormt". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Audun Grønvold at FIS (alpine)
- Audun Grønvold at FIS (freestyle)
- Audun Grønvold at Olympedia
- 1976 births
- 2025 deaths
- Norwegian male freestyle skiers
- Norwegian male alpine skiers
- Olympic freestyle skiers for Norway
- Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Hamar
- Skiers from Innlandet
- Deaths from lightning strikes
- Accidental deaths in Norway