Tone Tangen Myrvoll

Tone Tangen Myrvoll (born 12 May 1965) is a former Norwegian deaf cross-country skier, orienteer and runner.[1][2] She has represented Norway in both Summer and Winter Deaflympics from 1985 to 2003 on seven occasions. She has competed at the Summer Deaflympics in 1985 and in 1989 and competed at the Winter Deaflympics in 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999 and in 2003. Tone Tangen Myrvoll initially started her career as orienteer before pursuing her career in cross country skiing. She is regarded as the most successful cross country skier in Deaflympic history with a medal tally of 15 including 11 gold medals.[3] She is also the most successful athlete from Norway to compete at the Deaflympics.

Tone Tangen Myrvoll

Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1965-05-12) May 12, 1965 Oslo, Norway
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	cross-country skiing
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Norway Event 1st 2nd 3rd Winter Deaflympics 11 2 2 Winter Deaflympics Oslo 1987 5km Oslo 1987 10km Banff 1991 5km Banff 1991 10km Ylläs 1995 5km Ylläs 1995 10km Davos 1999 5km Davos 1999 10km Davos 1999 10km double pursuit Sundsvall 2003 15km Sundsvall 2003 10km double pursuit Ylläs 1995 3×5km relay Sundsvall 2003 15km Oslo 1987 3×5km relay Banff 1991 3×5km relay Women's athletics Representing  Norway Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Deaflympics 0 0 1 Summer Deaflympics Los Angeles 1985 1500 m

Career

Tone Tangen Myrvoll is profoundly deaf and was eligible to compete at the 1988 European Orienteering Championships among the non deaf athletes.[4] She made her Deaflympic debut during the 1985 Summer Deaflympics and claimed a solitary bronze medal in the women's 1500m event. She also took part at the 1989 Summer Deaflympics and went medalless.

She took up the sport of cross country skiing in 1987 and went onto make her Winter Deaflympics debut in the 1987 edition which was held in her hometown Oslo, capital of Norway. She clinched three medals during the event including two gold medals in women's 5 km and 10 km categories along with a bronze in women's 3×5 km relay event.[5] Following the successful maiden appearance, she went onto dominate in the Winter Deaflympics until the 2003 edition and finished her career with 15 Winter Deaflympic medals and a solitary Summer Deaflympic bronze medal.[6] She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year in 1998 and was nominated for the relevant award on five occasions.[4]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1997	31	NC	N/A	NC	N/A	—
1999	33	NC	N/A	NC	N/A	—
2000	34	NC	N/A	NC	NC	—
2004	38	NC	NC	N/A	N/A	—

References

1. "MYRVOLL Tone Tangen". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
2. "Tone Tangen Myrvoll, Skisport365.com". skisport365.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
3. "Most successful Deaflympic athletes of all time". www.deaflympics2017.org. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
4. "Tone Tangen MYRVOLL". deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
5. "Håper på rekord i Viggaløpet". www.hadeland.no (in Norwegian). 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
6. "Deaflympics-sølv til Olgeirsdottir". www.olympiatoppen.no. Retrieved 2019-08-28.