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Monica Grefstad
Monica Grefstad Frøynes (née Grefstadt, born 12 October 1964) is a retired Norway, Norwegian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented Norway at the World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in 1993 and 1995, and at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, World Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1997. Her personal bests of 13.09 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Oslo 1994) and 8.06 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Paris 1994), are former Norwegian records. Career Grefstad set her first Norwegian records in athletics, Norwegian record in the 100 metres hurdles in 1993 when clocking 13.38 seconds. After improving it six times in two seasons, the record stood until it was beaten by Lena Solli Reimann, Lena Solli in 1995. In addition, Grefstad held the Norwegian 60 metres record from 1995 to 1996 with a time of 7.41 seconds. Grefstad was an able sprinter and 400 metres hurdles, long hurdler as well. In the 1980s, representing the club Ranheim IL, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
