Overview

• Groenvold was struck by lightning at his family cabin in Norway on Saturday and succumbed to his injuries Tuesday evening despite urgent medical care.
• His wife, Kristin Tandberg Haugsja, announced his death on social media, saying she and their three children would carry his memory in their hearts.
• He earned ski cross bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, won three World Cup ski cross races and took world championship bronze at Ruka in 2005.
• Before switching to ski cross in 2005, he secured a World Cup downhill podium at Sierra Nevada in 1999 as a member of Norway’s alpine team.
• After retiring, Groenvold coached ski cross competitors and worked as a TV2 commentator, and his former teammate Kjetil André Aamodt described his passing as tragic.