Kjersti Grini

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Kjersti Grini
Personal information
Born (1971-09-09) 9 September 1971 (age 53)
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
Jaren
Lunner
Bækkelagets SK
Toten
Bækkelagets SK
1997-2000
Tertnes IL
2000-2003
Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold
2012
Gjøvik HK
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–2001
Norway 201 (1003)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney
World Women's Handball Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Denmark/Norway
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Italy
European Women's Handball Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Germany
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Netherlands

Kjersti Grini (born 9 September 1971) is a Norwegian former handball player and poker player. [1] She is the most scoring player on the Norwegian national team ever. She was part of the squad that won the first Norwegian European Women's Handball Championship in 1998 as well as the first Norwegian team to win the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship in 1999.

She played for the clubs Jaren, Lunner, Bækkelaget, Toten and Ikast. She played 201 games for the Norwegian National team and scored 1003 goals, [2] an all time record.

In 2022 Grini was a participant of The Farm Celebrity, a reality show on TV 2, where she reached the final week. [3] In 2023, Grini was a contestant on another reality show; The Traitors on TV 2. [4] In 2024 she participated in The Croft Celebrity, a side show to The Farm Celebrity, where the winner gets a spot on The Farm.

She has also worked as a handball expert for TV 2.

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References

  1. "European Handball Federation - from handball star to poker ace / Article".
  2. "Totaloversikt for Grini, Kjersti" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  3. "Heine Totland var klar favoritt: – J*vla glad for at dette er over" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. "Dette er de nye «Forræder»-deltakerne" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.