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Tone Gravvold

Tone Gravvold is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tone Gravvold rather than just read about it. In short: Tone Gravvold (born 19 June 1977) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and biathlete, and since 1998, also a cyclist. She won a dozen medals in the Paralympic Games in which she competed at between 1994 and 2006.

Key takeaways

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Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tone Gravvold to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tone Gravvold from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tone Gravvold (born 19 June 1977) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and biathlete, and since 1998, also a cyclist. She won a dozen medals in the Paralympic Games in which she competed at between 1994 and 2006. In 2019, she was named Sportsperson of the Century for Møre og Romsdal. For the Oslo Vikings, she has competed in the Norwegian championships in goalball for the visually impaired. She has retinitis pigmentosa and competes in the B1 and B2 classes, has been on the board of the RP association since 2009, and works as a psychologist, in 2015 working for the National Centre for Rheumatological Rehabilitation at the Diakonhjemmet.

Titles

Cross-country skiing 1994 Winter Paralympics (Lillehammer): Cross-country skiing: Gold in 5 km freestyle (B2), bronze in 10 km classic (B2) Biathlon: 8th in 7.5 freestyle (B1-3). 1998 Winter Paralympics (Nagano): Gold in 5 km freestyle (B2-3), bronze in 15 km classic (B1-3), gold in relay 3x2.5 km (open) with Frode Nilssen as lead. 2002 Paralympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City): Cross-country skiing: Bronze in 5 km classic (B2-3), gold in relay 3x2.5 (open) Biathlon: Silver in 7.5 km freestyle (blind) Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics (Torino): 11th in 10 km and 10th in 15 km (blind and visually impaired in the same class). Led by Fredrik Thomassen.

Cycling 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney): Nr. 9 in 1000 m track (1.11.806), nr. 10 in duotempo, nr. 6 in sprint (11,861). Per Olve Tobiassen was pilot. 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens): (B1-3): Road: Nr. 2 in tandem tempo, nr. 5 in tandem joint start and nr. 4 combined. With Ingunn Bollerud pilot. Track cycling: Nr. 4 in 3000 m (3.46.581) and nr. 5 in 1000 m (1.13.507). With May Britt Hartwell as pilot. European cycling championships: 2005 (Alkmaar, Netherlands): Gold in tempotandem and bronze in joint start tandem with Ingunn Bollerud as pilot Birken: Record for tandem cycle 3.13 (2000). Pilot Per Olve Tobiassen. 4 career medal with the same pilot. NM: 2000 Norwegian Champion road tandem. Pilot Per Olve Tobiassen

Honours Erling Stordahls ærespris 2004 Sportsperson of the Century Møre og Romsdal, 2019.

References

External links Tone Gravvold at Paralympic.org

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tone Gravvold

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tone Gravvold claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tone Gravvold before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tone Gravvold ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tone Gravvold

In research: Tone Gravvold appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tone Gravvold in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tone Gravvold is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1977 births, Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tone Gravvold outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tone Gravvold in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tone Gravvold means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tone Gravvold in simple terms?

Why does Tone Gravvold matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tone Gravvold?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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