Sanna Grønlid (born 2 May 1959) is a former Norwegian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

, world champion and world cup winner.

Life and career

Born on 2 May 1959, Grønlid represented the clubs Tingelstad Skiskytterlag and Høydalsmo IL. She won five individual world championship medals in biathlon, and a total of nine medals.

World championships

She received a gold medal in the 5 km sprint at the 1985

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

in Egg am Etzel,"Biathlon – World Championships – Women: 5 km"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008) and a gold medal in the 10 km individual at the 1987

Biathlon World Championships 1987 The 23rd Biathlon World Championships for men were held in 1987 for the second time in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The 4th women's world championships were held in Lahti, Finland. Men's results 20 km individual 10 km sprint 4 × ...

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

."Biathlon – World Championships – Women: 10 km"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008) She participated in the Norwegian team that won silver and bronze medals in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008)

World cup

Grønlid won the overall

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

in the 1984/85 season. She finished 2nd in 1983/84 and 1985/86, and 3rd in 1986/87."Biathlon – World Cup – Women"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008)

References

1959 births Norwegian female biathletes Living people Biathlon World Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub