Marit Malm Frafjord

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Marit Malm Frafjord
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Frafjord in 2011
Personal information
Born (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 39)
Tromsø, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Pivot
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2001–2002
Rapp SK
2002–2010
Byåsen HE
2010–2014
Viborg HK
2014–2017
Larvik HK
2017–2018
CSM București
2018–2022
Team Esbjerg
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2021
Norway 223 (424)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Brazil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 France
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 China
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Sweden
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Macedonia
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Denmark/Norway
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Sweden
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Denmark
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Serbia

Marit Malm Frafjord (born 25 November 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player [1] [2] who was part of the Norwegian team that won gold medals at both the 2011 World Championship and the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics.

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Career

Byåsen

Frafjord started playing handball at Rapp. At 16 she joined Byåsen HE. Originally she played as a back but was reschooled as a pivot at Byåsen. [3]

With Byåsen she reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2007, but lost to Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Viborg HK

In 2010 she joined Danish side Viborg HK. Here she won the 2014 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, beating Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod in the final. [4] Same season she also won the Danish Championship.

Larvik HK

The following summer she returned to Norway and joined Larvik HK. [5] Here she won the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Norwegian championships.

CSM Bucharest

In 2017 she joined Romanian CSM București. [6] Here she won the 2018 Romanian championship and Cup. After the 2017-18 season she retired. [7]

Team Esbjerg

In December 2018 she did however unretire to join Danish side Team Esbjerg. [8] With Esbjerg she won the 2019 and 2020 Danish championships and the 2021 Danish cup. In the 2021-22 she ultimately retired and became part of the Team Esbjerg management. [9] [10]

National team

With the Norwegian national team she won the European Women's Handball Championship 5 times; in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016 and in 2020.

At the 2007 World Championship she won silver medals. A year later she won gold medals at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2009 World Championship she won bronze medals.

At the 2011 World Championship she won gold medals, and a year later she defended her olympic title, when Norway won the gold at the 2012 Olympics. [11]

She also represented Norway at the 2016 Olympics and the 2021 Olympics. At the latter tournament she won bronze medals.

Post playing career

At the 2024 Olympics she acted as a handball expert for Warner Bros. Discovery. [12]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. EHF profile
  2. "Spillere" (in Norwegian). Larvik HK official website. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. www.nrk.no: Marit Malm Frafjord
  4. "Trods flyproblemer: Viborg triumferer i Cup Winners' Cup". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2025 via Ritzau.
  5. "Larvik henter Viborg-streg" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
  6. "CSM Bukarest rüstet doppelt auf" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. "Puțină consolare: CSM București se adună, găsește ritmul în atac, trece de Rostov și termină pe locul trei acest FINAL4" (in Romanian). lead.ro. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  8. "Norsk profil genoptager håndboldkarrieren i dansk topklub". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  9. "Marit Malm Frafjord nåede næsten alt – nu er det snart slut" (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  10. "Marit Frafjord er tilbage i Team Esbjerg – nu i ny rolle" (in Danish). Team Esbjerg . Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  11. "Marit Malm Frafjord". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  12. presse.warnerbrosdiscovery.no "Marit Malm Frafjord blir håndballekspert for Warner Bros. Discovery" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 October 2024.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  13. "Kvindeligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

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