Linda Grubben
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Linda Grubben (née Linda Tjørhom, 13 September 1979 in Stavanger) is a retired Norwegian biathlete. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 4x 7.5 km relay, while winning the gold medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2004 in Oberhof, 2004. As an individual she won the bronze medal at the 15 km of the Biathlon World Championship 2005 in Hochfilzen. Grubben was able to win the last race of the 2005-06 Biathlon World Cup in Oslo, capturing the third position in the overall rankings. She has six World Cup victories. Her last World Cup one was part of the 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup, when she won the 10 km pursuit in Oberhof on January 7, 2007. At the World Championships taking place in February 2007, she has so far collected both silver and gold medals. The gold medal was secured by hitting 20 shots of 20 possible and an impressing downhill technique.  Linda Tjørhom at the 2006 Winter Olympics During the summer of 2006 she married Norwegian national biathlon coach Roger Grubben, thus adopting his last name, Grubben. In December 2007 she gave birth to their first child - a daughter. After winning her third medal which was a bronze at the World Champs in February 2007, she announced her retirement from the sport on February 11. She has been suffering from coeliac disease since many years,[citation needed] but keeping her diet, she has achieved great results as an athlete. References | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||