Tore Bjonviken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Norwegian sportsperson and cross-country skier
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Place of Birth: Norway
About Tore Bjonviken
- Tore Bjonviken (born 2 January 1975) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. At the Junior World Ski Championships he achieved a tenth place in 1994, and a seventh place and a bronze medal in 1995.
- He made his World Cup debut in 1996, with a 57th and 45th place.
- In the 1996–97 he participated in a single World Cup race, nonetheless achieving a second place in the Sunne sprint in March 1997.
- His first top-30 placement in a distance race came in November 1997 at Beitostølen where he placed 25th.Altogether, he made the top 10 twelve times in the World Cup, repeating his second place in a sprint once, and achieving two third places in 15 kilometre races.
- Bjonviken also competed in the World Ski Championships on one occasion, recording a 44th place at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003.
- His final World Cup outing came at the Holmenkollen ski festival in March 2005, when he contested the 50 kilometres without finishing.
- Later that year he was diagnosed with cancer, but beat the disease in 2007.
- He attended the Norwegian Police University College.He represents the sports club Fossum IF.
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