Monica Valvik

{{short description|Norwegian cyclist}}

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| fullname = Grethe Monica Eikild Valen

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| birth_place = Skien, Norway

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Grethe Monica Eikild Valen (born 15 September 1970) is a Norwegian racing cyclist. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship five times in the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=3193 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway |accessdate=6 April 2015 |work=Cycling Archives}}

She was born in Skien and is the sister of Anita Valen. She was married to Svein Inge Valvik.

She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she placed fifth, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she placed 29th.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/monica-valvik-valen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/monica-valvik-valen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Monica Valvik-Valen |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=21 January 2011 }} She won a gold medal at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships.