Sissel Grotto Mountain

Sissel Grottenberg (born August 17, 1956 in Sarpsborg ) is a former Norwegian long-distance runner .

In 1978 she won her first marathon in Drammen . In 1979 she set a Norwegian record with 2:39:37, but this was not noticed because it was not yet known that the times that her compatriot Grete Waitz achieved in the New York City Marathon from 1978 to 1980 on were run on a course that was a little too short. That same year, Grottenberg was third in the Tokyo International Women's Marathon .

In 1984 she finished third in the Boston Marathon . She took the same place with her best time of 2:32:57 h in 1987 at the Berlin Marathon . She came fourth in the Great North Run in 1988 and fourth in the Berlin Marathon in 1989. At the marathon of the World Athletics Championships in 1991 in Tokyo, she finished 16th.

In 1993 she won the Frankfurt Marathon and in 1994 the Vienna City Marathon .

In total, she competed in 65 marathons in her career from 1978 to 1998. From 1989 to 1992 she was national champion in the half marathon four times in a row . She also won national titles in marathon (1981), cross-country running ( 1990) and over 1500 m (1988), 3000 m (1990, 1991) and 5000 m (1990).

Personal bests

• 1500 m: 4: 12.30 min, July 2nd, 1988, Oslo
• 1 mile : 4: 41.49 min, July 27, 1985, Oslo
• 2000 m : 6: 14.9 min, July 17th 1985, Moss
• 3000 m: 9: 08.34 min, August 8, 1986, Sandnes
• 5000 m: 16: 08.41 min, August 5, 1986, Stockholm
• 10,000 m : 32: 54.84 min, July 4th 1987, Oslo
• Half marathon: 1:11:46 h, July 24, 1988, South Shields
• Marathon: 2:32:57 h, October 4th, 1987, Berlin

Web links

• Sissel Grotto Mountain in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Sissel Grottenberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• List of her marathons on Inge Asbjørn Haugen's website