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| Born | 12 December 1968 Porsgrunn, Norway | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
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Anita Valen (born 12 December 1968) is a Norwegian cyclist. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship six times. [1]
She was born in Porsgrunn, and is the sister of Monica Valvik.
She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [2] She won a bronze medal at the 2004 UCI Road World Championships.
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